NASA Discovers New Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas
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NASA found a comet from another star system. This comet came into our solar system. The Atlas telescope in Chile saw the comet moving fast.
This is the third object from another star system. It will not hurt Earth. Paul Chodas said it traveled for millions or billions of years.
The comet is far from the sun, near Jupiter. It is moving fast at 37 miles per second. In October, it will be near Mars but still far from Earth.
Astronomers are watching the comet to learn its size. It is called 3I/Atlas. It has a tail and gas around its center, people can see it with telescopes.
The comet is bigger than the first two comets. It is going faster and came from a different way. The first one was Oumuamua, found in 2017, and the second was 2I/Borisov, found in 2019.
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What did NASA find?
NASA found a comet from another star system.
How fast is the comet moving?
The comet is moving fast at 37 miles per second.
What is the name of the comet?
The comet is called 3I/Atlas.
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