Cosmic spectacle over the South Coast: interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS lights up skies, once gone will never return

As fall arrives in the Greater New Bedford area on Massachusetts’ South Coast, Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third confirmed interstellar object—is racing toward its solar closest approach, giving locals a rare view of material from another star system. The other two interstellar objects being Comet C/2025 A6, better known as Comet Lemmon, and C/2025 R2 (SWAN). Discovered …