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Mike Merrifield discusses the third known interstellar comet to pass through our solar system (3I/ATLAS). More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos Messier Objects: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9FC5F6773B383D5 More on the comet 3I/ATLAS... https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/ https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html ESO image: https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/potw2527a/ The paper Mike discusses... https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05318 More Mike on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNGAgplgACrGL9UlxyDHq7k Mike Merrifield: https://about.me/michael.merrifield Thanks to Alexander Bock, Linköping University, for visualizations with OpenSpace - https://www.openspaceproject.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sixtysymbols This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham http://bit.ly/NottsPhysics We're on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sixtysymbols And Twitter at http://twitter.com/sixtysymbols Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran http://www.bradyharanblog.com Email list: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9