In the early hours of December 19, 2025, a rare interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth ...
At an estimated velocity of 250,000 kilometers per hour, interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS lacked the luxury of long, recurring ...
Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...
NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...
The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.
NASA’s TESS spacecraft tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in January, capturing data on its motion, brightness, and rotation before it left the solar system ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS's first reported sighting was on July 1, and it's going to be the closest it's ever been to Earth on Friday. Along the way, it reached several milestones leading up to what ...
I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.
The object was first detected by the ATLAS telescope system in Hawaii, originally appearing to be an ordinary comet. However, ...
Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory claims, but a comet.
New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as ...