Discovered on July 1, 2025, this comet does not follow a classical orbit around the Sun, but a so-called hyperbolic trajectory, suggesting that it could originate from beyond our solar system.
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic trajectory that is moving toward the inner Solar System. Early on Wednesday, the European Space Agency confirmed ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object detected in our Solar System, hurtles past Mars at 155,000 mph, with ESA’s ExoMars orbiter delivering breakthrough tracking of its rare hyperbolic escape.