On July 1st, 2025, a NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope at Río Hurtado ( Rio Hurtado ) , Chile, discovered an interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS ( previously known as C/2025 N1 ATLAS or A11pl3Z ), passing through our solar system.
It is the third confirmed interstellar object observed passing through our solar system, following:
1. 1I/ʻOumuamua – discovered in October 2017
2. 2I/Borisov – discovered in August 2019
As it is the third interstellar object, the prefix "3I" is used in its name.
Although there are rumors and viral posts circulating online claiming that 3I/ATLAS will hit Earth, but in reality, there is no chance of a collision. The closest distance between 3I/ATLAS and Earth will be approximately 270 million kilometers (170 million miles) .
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