NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Snaps Photos of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
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In mid-September, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured images of the intriguing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers as it passed through our solar system, 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope. At the time, the comet was headed inward from the […]