Astronomers recently confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS came from interstellar space, blowing through the outer solar system at extremely high speeds. It's only the third confirmed interstellar object to have reached our corner of the galaxy, following 'Oumuamua, which was spotted in 2018, and a comet, dubbed 2I/Borisov. Now, scientists are racing to better understand 3I/ATLAS and whether it can shed more light on the nature of interstellar objects like it. In an op-ed for Space.com, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor astrophysicist Aster Taylor and Michigan State University professor of physics and astronomy Darryl Seligman argue that 3I/Atlas […]