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An interstellar comet flew past Mars, and spacecraft took pictures (gifted link)

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    Only the third known interstellar comet we've found. Amazing that we could determine that it's interstellar to begin with. I wanted to know more and found some other articles with good details:...

    Only the third known interstellar comet we've found. Amazing that we could determine that it's interstellar to begin with. I wanted to know more and found some other articles with good details:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/08/a-rare-comet-from-beyond-our-solar-system-is-being-closely-tracked-what-can-it-teach-us

    https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/comet-3i-atlas-multimedia/ (many more images)

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