# The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

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**Tags:** science-math\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703 "2020-11-16T12:18:17Z")\
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> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> [It’s official! An interstellar object is visiting our solar system](https://earthsky.org/space/new-interstellar-object-candidate-heading-toward-the-sun-a11pl3z/)
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> So it looks like a new interstellar object has been detected. I think we’re going to see a lot more of these now that detection technologies are progressing so quickly. This thing is moving FAST - the sun barely makes a dent on its trajectory.

There’s now a dedicated thread …

> [@Third interstellar body discovered in our solar system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-interstellar-body-discovered-in-our-solar-system/1020471):
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> On July 1, the NASA-funded [ATLAS](https://atlas.fallingstar.com/) (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated from interstellar space. Arriving from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, the interstellar comet has been officially named 3I/ATLAS. It is currently located about 420 million miles (670 million kilometers) away.

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