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‘I work on comet 3I/ATLAS’: French astronomer’s ‘commute’ 230 million miles away with a medium-sized telescope

January 28, 2026 0 views 1 min read
‘I work on comet 3I/ATLAS’: French astronomer’s ‘commute’ 230 million miles away with a medium-sized telescope
Working on comet 3I/ATLAS: A French astronomer has gone viral after saying she “works on comet 3I/ATLAS,” sparking curiosity and confusion online. The claim refers not to a space mission but to detailed observations made from Earth using a medium-sized telescope to study the rare interstellar comet now 230 million miles away.

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