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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

A mysterious comet is shooting through our solar system. Why are scientists so excited about 3I/Atlas?

www.theguardian.com

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A mysterious comet is shooting through our solar system. Why are scientists so excited about 3I/Atlas?

www.theguardian.com

Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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This ‘really fun space rock’ is only the third interstellar object to be observed. Where is it heading and can stargazers see it?
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  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    The Rubin Observatory has already found 2,100 new asteroids. I imagine we’ll see a lot more of these extra solar bodies with it.

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      Fair, but this thing is from outside the solar system. It seems like that is very rare (although who knows, maybe with ATLAS we’ll discover that extrasolar objects are super common.)

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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        Unless it got really, really lucky and found a super rare object that quickly - especially so soon after we discovered Oumuamua - makes me think this has happened a lot and we’re just now able to see them.

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          This is actually a third one. The second was called 2I/Borisov, I think.

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    Is it aliens?

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