Its a tantalizing prospect. Since 2017, three interstellar objects have been spotted passing through our solar system: 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and just this month, 3I/ATLAS. Discovered on July 1st by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Survey, 3I/ATLAS is zipping through the inner solar system in the last half of 2025. Certainly, all assets on the ground and in space will be turned towards 3I/ATLAS over the next few frenzied months, to glean what we can but what would 3I/ATLAS look like up close? Can we even consider chasing down such a speedy visitor?
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