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A 7-Billion-Year-Old Ice Ball Just Entered Our Solar System  SciTechDaily Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS  WIRED Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?  National Geographic 3I/Atlas: Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet  BBC Astronomers have spotted an interstellar comet older than the Sun  The Economist Source link

How Republican Policies to Kill EV & Solar Incentives Could Lead to More EV & Solar Sales — With 1 Critical Component  CleanTechnica 5 Big EV Takeaways From Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’  WIRED Customers rush to buy solar panels, heat pumps and EVs before federal tax credits end  WGME Tesla, EV buyers need to act now if they want $7,500 tax credit  Yahoo …

NASA has released the closest-ever photos of the sun, taken by the Parker Solar Probe at just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the star’s surface. The new images reveal important features in the solar wind that will help scientists understand the origins of this mysterious space weather phenomenon and its effects on life on Earth. The solar wind …

It must be hard being a judge for ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The competition, organized by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is in its 17th year, and it continues to deliver truly breathtaking cosmic art no matter the subject: electrifying aurorae, incredible juxtapositions of buildings or natural objects with the dark sky, and so many different views of the …

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered “interstellar object,” only the third of its kind ever seen, which is currently shooting toward us on a one-way trip through the solar system. The race is now on to study the alien interloper, named 3I/ATLAS, before it leaves forever. “We only have one shot at this object and then it’s …