Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is confirmed as a natural comet from beyond our solar system, posing no threat to Earth despite ...

I/ATLAS, the interstellar object discovered in 2025, reveals the estimated population, composition, and distribution of ...

Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait for a long-period comet to arrive in the inner solar system then set off on ...

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Astronomers have been racing to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object screaming into our solar system from far beyond. Now, as the BBC reports, new observations by the Gemini South ...

Scientists have captured the first direct images of colliding objects in a neighboring star system. Astronomers have seen the ...

Astronomers spot a mysterious object from interstellar space. The object, 3I/Atlas, is traveling at 60 km/s. It poses no threat to Earth. NASA confirms it is the third interstellar visitor. Scientists ...

The visitor from the stars, designated 3I/Atlas, is likely the largest yet detected, and has been classified as a comet, or cosmic snowball. "It looks kind of fuzzy," Peter Veres, an astronomer with ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an AI-driven robotic assembly system lets users build ...

Astronomers have spotted the second object ever known to visit our solar system from another star system. The object is expected to fly near Mars in October. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...