Scientists say that 3I/ATLAS has likely been traveling through interstellar space for a long time. Based on how fast it was ...

It was soon deduced that this is an interstellar comet, meaning it has come from another solar system. It's only the third ...

Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured breathtaking imagery of solar system comet C/2025 K1 ...

NASA Scientist Tom Statler termed it “a window into the deep past,” and the phrase has rapidly become the emotional center of ...

While the feds idled, an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS was barnstorming the solar system, at a speed that reached 153 ...

NASA released new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third comet ever to be discovered in Earth's cosmic neighborhood originating from ...

NASA is providing more images and information about the interstellar object that's passing through our solar system right now ...

A Canadian astrophotographer's image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured with a $500 telescope, has sparked debate ...

Astronomers are tracking interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after JWST and NASA missions detected an extreme CO₂ outburst that challenges current theories about how comets form and evolve beyond our solar ...

The rare interstellar comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, was first discovered in July and has been photographed several times.

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