As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare ...

As the Moon reaches New, advanced observers can try photographing 3I/ATLAS while everyone can enjoy nebulae and more in the ...

Suppose the galaxy’s oldest secrets were readable not in the glare of faraway stars, but in a brief, cold visitor whizzing ...

The idea of leaving Earth behind to settle among the stars has long been a captivating vision of humanity’s future. But how ...

This comet, first detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS sky survey system, is providing scientists with a rare glimpse into the chemistry and behavior of objects that formed around other stars.

Astronomers continue to track Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third-ever discovered interstellar object, passing through our solar system ...

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) ...

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

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

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

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