The United States military scrambled fighter jets Sunday to intercept a Russian spy plane flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said. It was the third time in less than a week that U.S. forces deployed planes after a Russian plane was spotted inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, a section of international airspace just outside of …
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NASA Probe Could Intercept Interstellar Comet, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
Astronomers at the Pan-STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object (ISO) ever observed. Two years later, the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov became the second ISO ever observed. And on July 1st, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Rio Hurtado detected a third interstellar object in our Solar System, the …
Read More »NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Could Intercept 3I/ATLAS as it Approaches Jupiter
Astronomers at the Pan-STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object (ISO) ever observed. Two years later, the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov became the second ISO ever observed. And on July 1st, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Rio Hurtado detected a third interstellar object in our Solar System, the …
Read More »Aging NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS On The Other Side Of The Sun, Astronomers Suggest
A new pre-print paper involving sometimes-controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has suggested a way we could intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it hurtles through the Solar System. On July 1, 2025, astronomers spotted an object moving through the Solar System at nearly twice the velocity of previous interstellar visitors ‘Oumuamua and Comet Borisov. The object, which was confirmed to be …
Read More »Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System
Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It’s an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third confirmed interstellar object to have ventured into our solar system, all of which have been detected since 2017. Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb was quick to raise the tantalizing — …
Read More »Existing NASA Spacecraft Could Intercept the Weird Interstellar Object Cruising Into Our Star System
Earlier this month, astronomers noticed a mysterious object speeding toward the inner solar system from outside of our star system. It’s an exceedingly rare occurrence, marking only the third confirmed interstellar object to have ventured into our solar system, all of which have been detected since 2017. Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb was quick to raise the tantalizing — …
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