Key Takeaways An ancient wanderer from beyond our solar system adjusts its path with uncanny accuracy. Scientists spot a fine ...

A comet named 3I/ATLAS, originating from outside our solar system, is passing through Earth's cosmic neighborhood. NASA has released new images of the comet, which is only the third interstellar ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object believed to be a comet, recently passed its closest point to the sun. Scientists are puzzled by its unusual behavior, including the lack of a typical tail. The object ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the ...

Did 3I-carus fly too close to the Sun? Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is losing an insane amount of mass after making its closest pass of the sun last month — a phenomenon known as perihelion — prompting ...

For four months, social media has drawn skywatchers and lovers of galactic lure to a speck spotted in July. A new visitor from beyond our solar system University of Texas at Arlington Astrophysicist ...

3I/ATLAS is surrounded by “a complex jet structure,” new images show, sparking fresh speculation that the Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be an artificial alien craft. The images, captured ...

Is 3I/Atlas an interstellar alien vessel or simply an intriguing, unique rock hurling through the cosmos? That debate has been raging ever since the comet, only the third known interstellar object to ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exhibits a bright, extended ion tail while releasing gas and dust as it travels through the inner solar system. A stunning new image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 ...

Ground-based telescopes lost sight of the comet during its close approach, but solar observatories, including SOHO, STEREO-A, and NOAA's GOES-19 kept tracking it. NOAA's CCOR-1 instrument captured a ...