Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying water across the solar system The discovery suggests that alien planetary systems may harbor familiar ingredients for life.
- Date:
- February 11, 2026
- Source:
- Auburn University Department of Physics
- Summary:
- For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s Swift Observatory toward it, they caught..