👉 What is 3I/ATLAS ☄️Designation: Also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), originally labelled A11pl3Z. Type: It’s an interstellar object, i.e. originating from outside our Solar System, confirmed as the third such object after ʻOumuamua (1I) and 2I/Borisov. ---Discovery & OrbitDiscovered on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile. It follows a hyperbolic trajectory around the Sun, meaning it's not bound by solar gravity — it will pass through the Solar System and then head back out. Perihel