However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

On July 1, scientists discovered a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system.  Nicknamed 3I/ATLAS, astronomers say ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System.

A week and a half after its discovery, there are clues about the origin and age of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS – and ...

Comet 3I/Atlas may be the oldest spotted so far and should be visible through amateur telescopes in just a few weeks' time.

As 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun, astronomers expect its frozen ices to sublimate, releasing gas and forming a glowing coma and ...