New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

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

Using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have captured the first detailed image of our third known cosmic interloper.

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come from outside our solar system.

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

We've only known about its existence for a few short weeks, and already astronomers have been able to learn a lot about the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.