Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins are uncertain, the comet is thought to come from a part of the Milky Way ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image of comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed in our solar system. Scientists also used data from Hubble to estimate its size and ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked a lot of curiosity among experts and scientists who have been closely monitoring the Manhattan-sized cosmic visitor. It is the third interstellar object ...

Astronomers have their eyes on a mysterious object zipping through the Solar System, and if their hunch is right, it could be the oldest visitor humanity has ever observed. Comet 31/ATLAS, first ...

(NewsNation) — The Harvard scientist raising concerns about incoming comet 3I/ATLAS — namely, that it could be some kind of alien probe sent to study our solar system — is now saying the interstellar ...

Scientists in Boulder are using existing NASA spacecraft to track a rare interstellar comet called 31/ATLAS as it travels through Earth’s solar system. Comet 3I/ATLAS was first observed on July 1 and ...

Back in July, scientists operating a planetary defense facility designed to detect potentially hazardous asteroids spotted a visitor from another star: an interstellar object, and the third of its ...