#3I/ATLAS

Rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS coming closest to Earth on Friday

From atop Maunakea on the Big Island to around the world, astronomers and citizen stargazers are eagerly awaiting the passage of the interstellar comet through our solar system.

Possible interstellar visitor headed toward Sun discovered by UH telescope

A telescope operated by the University of Hawaiʻi has detected the third known interstellar (from outside our solar system) object to enter our solar system. Researchers say that it poses no danger to Earth.