Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass Earth on Friday morning at about 168 million miles

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass Earth on Friday morning at about 168 million miles

Weeks after a rare interstellar comet made its closest pass to the Sun, it will make its closest pass to Earth. Comet 3I/ATLAS was first discovered in July by a regular survey of the sky by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Alert System (ATLAS), after which the comet was named. The name “3I” means “third interstellar” … Read more