Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin ...

A small, icy traveler from deep space has just threaded its way through the inner Solar System, offering a fleeting but ...

The telescope is part of a cluster of four observatories that include two in Hawaii and one in South Africa, whose job is to do exactly what the Chile telescope did: scan the skies for interstellar ...

A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the ...

Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait ...

Analysis of the second confirmed interstellar comet to visit our solar system suggests that the alien body could be covered ...

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

Despite being hidden by the glare of the sun, plenty of space-based cameras are snapping photos of 3I/ATLAS that you should ...

Telescopes around the world are now tracking a new visitor to our celestial neighborhood. Streaking through at a speed and trajectory that not even the Sun's immense gravity can capture, we will only ...

According to NASA, Hubble took its latest photo of 3I/ATLAS on November 30 using its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At that ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It’s visiting from another solar system altogether. Those ...

Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its journey.