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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was only discovered last month (1 July) by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile and NASA was quick to confirm that the ...

A mysterious object, first observed hurtling across the solar system on July 1, has now been identified as "very likely to be ...

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

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