Could a frozen wanderer older than the Sun rewrite what we know about the galaxy’s past? Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known confirmed interstellar object to enter our solar system, is offering scientists ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is now moving out of the Solar System, but its closest passage to Earth is still a few days away. On December ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a deeper look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, as it zoomed through the solar system on Nov. 30. The Wide Field Camera 3 ...

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JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar object ...

NASA hosted a livestream to present newly released images of Comet 3I/ATLAS, identified as the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, while directly clarifying its cometary nature ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday. New X-ray images could shed light on its composition.

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NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the ...

A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the Milky Way's thick disk, a population of older, dynamically "hotter" stars, ...