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Zoom image will be displayed The Juno spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA) The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. It is expected to arrive at a distance of 53.6 million kilometers from Jupiter on March 16, 2026. In a new paper (accessible here) that I wrote with the brilliant Adam Hibberd and Adam Crowl, we show that applying …

Zoom image will be displayed (Image credit: NASA) By now, I have a pretty reliable method for gauging whether the scientific study of the new interstellar object 3I/ATLAS went viral. When the carpenter that fixes the porch at my home or the mechanic that changes the oil in my wife’s car, both ask my wife with great interest for the …