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Rare 7-Mile Interstellar Object Heads for Our Solar System

8/1/2025

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Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar object, is on a path toward our solar system. Harvard's Avi Loeb suggests we harness NASA's Juno spacecraft to intercept it by March 2026. This colossal object, likely a comet, measures an astonishing seven miles wide, making it the largest of its kind ever observed.

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Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar object, is on a path toward our solar system. Harvard's Avi Loeb suggests we harness NASA's Juno spacecraft to intercept it by March 2026. This colossal object, likely a comet, measures an astonishing seven miles wide, making it the largest of its kind ever observed.