Nov 23 2025SCIENCE
Jupiter's Mysterious Visitor: A Comet with a Mission?
A comet from another star system is on a path that seems too precise to be random. It's heading towards Jupiter, and its trajectory suggests it might be more than just a chunk of ice and dust. The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is expected to get very close to Jupiter in 2026. It will pass just outside Jupiter's gravitational boundary, known as the Hill radius. This isn't ...
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