New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

I/ATLAS isn't just fascinating because it is the third interstellar visitor found in the solar system; new research suggests ...

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

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

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

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

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

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come from outside our solar system.