India, Oct. 29 -- An interstellar comet is set to appear in the skies. A comet named 3I/ATLAS would be closest in its journey to our Sun on October 30, when it will be around 130 million miles from the center of our Solar System, NASA's website informs.
3I/ATLAS is only the third-known object from outside our solar system to have reached our celestial neighborhood. The 'I' in its name denotes 'Interstellar', indicating its origins from beyond our Sun's Solar System. 'ATLAS' is the name of the body that discovered this celestial object, and stands for 'Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System', an organization funded by NASA, the agency's website informs.
Thankfully, 3I/ATLAS poses no danger to our planet, as at its closest, it woul...
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