NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the sky-surveying Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a comet from another star system.

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.

NASA has confirmed that a mysterious object hurtling towards us is an "interstellar object" that has entered the Solar System. The visitor, officially named 3I/ATLAS by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center, is only the third ever spotted and likely the largest yet. It has been classified as a comet, according to NASA.