<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>An ancient interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS, measuring possibly 12 miles wide, is hurtling towards our Sun at 130,000mph.</li><li>This is only the third time that astronomers have detected an object from interstellar space entering our solar system, with previous instances being Oumuamua and Comet Borisov.</li><li>3I/ATLAS is believed to be a comet made of water ice, displaying a bright coma as it travels towards the Sun, indicating its visible nature.</li><li>Researchers anticipate 3I/ATLAS will not pose a threat to Earth as it will pass closest to the Sun at a distance of 210 million kilometers, closer than Mars, around Halloween or early December.</li></ul>

A mysterious, ancient ’12-mile wide interstellar visitor’ is racing towards us

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