The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked debate among astronomers since its discovery, and some are exploring whether it ...

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS has been observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which delivered new insights into this third interstellar ...

A new scientific paper is drawing attention because it puts forward an unexpected idea about a space object called 3I-ATLAS. Some scientists now question whether this object, which came into our solar ...

No one knows where the comet came from. It’s like glimpsing a rifle bullet for a thousandth of a second,” said David Jewitt, ...

Of course, 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary comet. Discovered on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

Learn about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a high-velocity visitor from another star system. Learn how NASA is tracking its ...

Scientists estimate the object to be more than 12-miles-wide, speeding at 37 miles-per-second, relative to the sun.

STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object (ISO) ever ...

Hubble telescope captures third interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS showing active dust coma racing through solar system.

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not loop back around the sun. That's why astronomers around the world are using ...

Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...