Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Rare Visitor from Beyond Our Solar System
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is about to become unobservable for two months as it moves behind the Sun, with the best viewing time now until late October. The comet is dim and requires good instruments to see, and it offers valuable insights into interstellar objects, differing from previous interstellar comets in speed and size. It will be visible again from late November before its closest approach to Earth.
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