3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...
Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through ...
When astronomers first spotted a faint, fast-moving object racing through the outer Solar System in mid-2025, few expected it ...
At the ragged frontier where the Sun’s influence gives way to the galaxy, a decades‑old spacecraft has stumbled into a ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS showed measurable water activity after passing the Sun, observed by SOHO’s SWAN instrument, ...
I/ATLAS may have moved away from Earth as it makes its way out of the solar system, but this interstellar intruder continues ...
Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its brief visit near Earth.
Scientists have been cataloging comet 3I/ATLAS’s journey through the Solar System since July, tracking major milestones as the rare interstellar visitor moves closer to Earth.
New analyses from SOHO and the Green Bank Telescope indicate interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS behaved like a normal comet as it ...
I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches Earth in December 2025.
When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just days away from coming as close to Earth as it will ever get. Here's how you can track it and spot it.