I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system. Telescope observations suggest it is a roughly ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just flew by the sun. Next, the object will fly by Earth in ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

As a joke, she labelled it LGM 1 for “Little Green Men”, but the astronomers working on it did not really believe they had ...

Four weeks after its acquisition on October 2–3, 2025, the vital MRO HiRISE data remains inaccessible to researchers.

I/ATLAS was recorded by several objects as it made its close pass by the sun this week which resulted in the jarring measurements.

I/ATLAS can kill most of human life obliterate a continent and is it visible from Earth? The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may pose no direct threat to Earth, yet its size, speed, unusual behaviour and ...

While to some 3I/Atlas is simply a weird-acting exocomet of unusual composition, others, such as Dr Avi Loeb of Harvard University, propose that we should consider the possibility that it is an ...

A new report offers the latest confirmation of 3I/ATLAS and its interstellar origins, as scientists still debate over its unusual properties.