A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! It was detected July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Most known ...

New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

A comet is hurtling into our solar system from interstellar space at about 152,000 miles per hour. The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered by the ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...

On July 1, scientists discovered a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system.  Nicknamed 3I/ATLAS, astronomers say ...

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

The object seems to be travelling on a steep path - suggesting it came from the Milky Way's "thick disk", an area of ancient ...

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...