Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to enter our solar system, is now racing into the cosmic dark on a hyperbolic trajectory that ensures it will never return. First detected in ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reached a speed of 58 km/s upon arrival, and was too fast to be captured, making a short flyby a valuable high-value experiment in chemistry, dust physics, and solar ...