With an apparent brightness of magnitude 9.7, the object's light requires 17 minutes and 18 seconds to traverse the distance to our planet.
The space agency got a close look at the interstellar visitor over the past few months as it zipped by Mars and the sun ...
Two rare bright comets are visiting our neighborhood this month, making for once-in-a-lifetime viewing. The comets, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), are already showing off their green tails ...
The period of visibility will fall within the dates of the Orionid meteor shower, making for a once-in-a-lifetime viewing ...
NASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar object ...
A comet hurtling through the solar system from interstellar space is exactly what it appears to be, NASA officials said ...
What is HiRISE and why is everyone waiting for 3I/ATLAS images captured by it is a question many space followers are asking.