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Comet 3I/ATLAS: Fastest Interstellar Visitor Set for 2025 Flyby

7/11/2025

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Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar visitor, zooms through space at an astonishing 137,000 mph. Discovered on July 1, 2025, it hails from the Milky Way's dense disk and will glide past the Sun in October 2025, a safe 170 million miles from Earth. This encounter could unveil its intriguing chemical secrets.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar visitor, zooms through space at an astonishing 137,000 mph. Discovered on July 1, 2025, it hails from the Milky Way's dense disk and will glide past the Sun in October 2025, a safe 170 million miles from Earth. This encounter could unveil its intriguing chemical secrets.