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A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...
I/ATLAS isn't just fascinating because it is the third interstellar visitor found in the solar system; new research suggests ...
Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system.
U-M astronomy is helping understand this fast, old and large comet that was born outside our galactic neighborhood This diagram shows the trajectory ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered by a British astronomer is most likely the oldest comet ever seen. The "water ...
A week and a half after its discovery, there are clues about the origin and age of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS – and ...
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...