Comet 3I/ATLAS is a visitor that will never call the solar system home. Identified on a one-way path that carries it in and back out of the Sun’s neighborhood, it offers a bright glimpse of material ...
The orbital eccentricity of Comet 3I/ATLAS is an incredible 6.15, well beyond the threshold of 1 that marks escape from the Sun’s gravity. That single number confirms its status as a visitor from ...
Looks like Comet ISON may have what it takes to take a licking and keep on ticking. A new study by scientists at the Lowell Observatory and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) indicates that Comet ...