However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves ...

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, which is believed to be the oldest comet ever observed. The comet is estimated to be around 7 billion years old.

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...