These “pre-discovery” observations extend back to June 14. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known object from outside our solar system to be discovered. Astronomers have categorized this object as ...

At up to 30 km wide, 3I/ATLAS is officially dummy thicc—with two Cs and a tail. Astronomers are calling it “the Lizzo of ...

Hopkins and Lintott are two of the six authors of a new paper that uses the new model to trace the origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS, and it appears to be coming from a completely different region of the ...

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and entered our solar system on a one-time flyby. It was first spotted by the ATLAS ...

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...

The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

Based on the comet's brightness and current distance — it's located just inside Jupiter's orbit — scientists estimate its ...