interstellar visitor spotted in solar system

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Watch newly discovered 'interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS shoot toward us in first livestream

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Astronomers have spotted a mysterious, uninvited guest shooting through the solar system.

The object is traveling toward the sun at around 152,000 mph ( 245,000 km /h) It is too faint to be visible to the naked eye or through amateur stargazing equipment, but it may brighten sufficiently to become visible to backyard telescopes in the coming weeks and months .

A free livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project ( VTP ) will share the view from a powerful telescope in Manciano , Italy .

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