 
                            
                    Ancient Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Sun – A 10-Billion-Year Visitor Ignites Awe and Alien Speculation
        Discovery and Designation Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope at Río Hurtado, Chile esa.int. ATLAS – a NASA-funded sky survey    
        
    
        
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            