The Hubble Space Telescope's newest images of 3I/ATLAS confirm the presence of its sunward anti-tail, contrary to the usual ...
Measured on its inbound leg, 37 miles per second, 3I/ATLAS was a member of the Solar System already travelling at a speed ...
Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...
When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ...
When astronomers first spotted a faint, fast-moving object racing through the outer Solar System in mid-2025, few expected it ...
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed. The object -- likely a comet -- was first detected in data collected between by ...
Earlier this month astronomers were thrilled to discover only the third known interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the suspected comet has just zoomed past the orbit ...
Interstellar comet 3I-ATLAS is a rare cosmic visitor that may be older than our Sun, offering scientists a unique glimpse ...
Astronomer Avi Loeb suspects this interstellar visitor is a piece of alien technology, citing its unusual traits and the ...