A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar ...

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday ...

According to a new paper on the arXiv preprint server, there's a new story to add to the archives of serendipitous scientific ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the Sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS , the surprising space traveller had one very sp ...

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

"The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity," said Avi Loeb.

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

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

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...