Early Images of 3I/ATLAS Provide Clues About Other Solar Systems

Artist's impression of an interstellar object as it travels through our Solar System. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello

The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system—and how other distant solar systems might be different from our own.