Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). As it ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday reached its closest point to the Sun, a point known as perihelion. Although this ...

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled ...

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

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

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

U.S. officials continue monitoring interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS despite the government shutdown, with NASA coordinating updates and congressional discussions on new data and upcoming observations.

Leaked images hint at a dusty spacecraft; Avi Loeb fuels speculation, but NASA dismisses alien claims. Comet's brightening, ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

Two weeks ago, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was at conjunction, on the opposite side of the Sun with respect to Earth. Last ...

I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system. Telescope observations suggest it is a roughly 7-mile-wide (11 kilometers) comet zooming at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 ...