Astronomy In Motion

 Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper Number 3 so far. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile is expected to find between six and 51 additional visitors over the coming decade. “We get these tiny memories of solar systems past zipping through,” Noonan says. “And we have months to characterize them as best as we can before they’re gone again.” - Auburn University astronomer John Noonan https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-race-study-interstellar-interloper

Inside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1119757/asteroid-hunt-2024-yr4-earth-planet-protection/ Latest calculations conclude no danger to Earth, but that there's a 4.3% chance 2024 YR4 will impact the lunar surface in 2032. The orbit can no longer be refined until the asteroid’s next Earth flyby in 2028. 

Astronomers Appeal For Help As Video Appears To Show Object Hitting The Gas Giant James Felton, IFL Science https://www.iflscience.com/potential-impact-on-saturn-astronomers-appeal-for-help-after-object-appears-to-hit-the-gas-giant-79901

ESA tracks rare interstellar comet This makes three interstellar objects found within the last 8 years: 1I/‘Oumuamua in 2017 2I/Borisov in 2019 3I/ATLAS in 2025 https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/ESA_tracks_rare_interstellar_comet