Earth is having a close encounter with a visitor from another star system.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, today, December 19, 2025, an extraordinary traveler known as 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to our planet. This isn’t just any comet; it is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever detected in our solar system—following the famous ‘Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019).
