New Delhi: The rare Comet 3I/ATLAS rocketing through the solar system at 61 km per second poses no threat to Earth, according to the US space agency NASA, which is tracking the celestial being.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known object from outside our solar system to be discovered from outside our solar system, after ‘Oumuamua’ (in 2017) and 2I/Borisov (in 2019).

The letter “I” stands for “interstellar,” indicating that the object came from outside our solar system. It’s the third known interstellar object, hence the “3” in the name.

It was first discovered by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. It observed the Minor Planet Center of the comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.

As per NASA, the rare comet is travelling v

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