Despite passing its closest solar point, intensive study of 3I/ATLAS continues. The European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled ...

Astronomers say 3I/Atlas will be visible in parts of the US sky for a short time, giving viewers a unique look at a comet from beyond our solar system.

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...

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Rare interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS has made headlines and caught the attention of the public for months. The object is one of only three space objects originating from a star other than our sun ...

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars. (The European Space Agency) A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such ...

What a coincidence! The mysterious interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS has been streaking through the Solar System at exactly the same moment as the U.S. government has shut down. This means that ...

A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system — streaked past Mars last week. A spacecraft in orbit around the red planet had a front-row ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth - but several spacecraft are in the perfect position to get a closer look. As 3I/ATLAS warps and grows the closer it gets to ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is one of only three interstellar objects ever detected in our solar system. Scientists are working to determine the comet's size and physical characteristics as it passes through our ...

Oct. 7 (UPI) --NASA and the European Space Agency are tracking the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object as it travels past Mars on its way toward the Sun and through the solar system. The object is thought to ...

Because the spacecraft are equipped with cameras that aren't designed to observe an object so far away, the images they captured were fuzzy. Still, scientists were able to get a little bit of a look ...