Hubble Captures Glorious New Image of That Mysterious Object Cruising Into Our Solar System
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a detailed image of 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object passing through our solar system. The July 21 image shows a teardrop-shaped dust cocoon trailing behind what's believed to be an interstellar comet with a nucleus between 1,000 feet and 3.5 miles across. Discovered five weeks ago, 3I/ATLAS is traveling at 134,000 mph relative to the Sun, potentially 3-11 billion years old. Scientists still can't determine its origin, with Hubble science leader David Jewitt likening the challenge to "glimpsing a rifle bullet for a thousandth of a second."
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