Just in at Science magazine: the rush to observe interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-race-study-interstellar-interloper
11 Jul 2025 Adam Mann Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper z1ju4jb
We have a few brief months to study this example of material from another system. In a few months, it will go behind the Sun (as viewed from Earth); in another few months, it will be gone from our Solar System. “It’s about as ‘code red’ as astronomy can get,” says astronomer Adina Feinstein. We figure the Vera Rubin Observatory will keep finding more interstellar objects for us, but that’s no reason to let this opportunity pass us by while we have it.