When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

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

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

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

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

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

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...

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

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

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

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

Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...