Snowball from Another Star

A mysterious visitor from deep space has crossed into our neighborhood, and it is unlike anything you have ever followed in real time. Snowball from Another Star takes you inside the story of an interstellar comet, showing how a faint speck in the sky grew into the headline object now known as comet 3I ATLAS. Written in clear, engaging language, this is the perfect comets meteors and asteroids book for curious readers who want more than headlines and social media clips. If you enjoy thoughtful astronomy books for adults and accessible space science for adults, this narrative pulls you straight into the hunt: from the first detection to each new 3i/atlas update and every fresh image shared in 3i/atlas latest news. You will learn how astronomers track an atlas comet, why they quickly realized they were seeing atlas 3i, and what makes an interstellar comet 3i/atlas so different from anything born here at home. Along the way, you gain a front-row seat to the science of comets and asteroids. You will see how jets of gas, tails, and strange flares reveal the hidden makeup of ice and dust in space, and how this one object helps scientists probe the origins of the solar system, the slow story of planet formation and exoplanets, and the larger family of interstellar objects in the solar system. Whether you already own shelves of popular astronomy non fiction, or you are looking for a friendly night sky guide for beginners, this deep space exploration book gives you the context and confidence to understand what you are seeing. Snowball from Another Star also helps you choose your next reads among space books about new discoveries while keeping you grounded in the real data behind comet 3i/atlas news. By the end, you will not just recognize comet 3i/atlas in a headline. You will understand why it matters, how it behaves, and what it quietly tells us about the solar system and beyond.