The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to Earth on December 19, giving astronomers a closer look at the mysterious visitor before it leaves our Solar System forever. The ...

A comet from another star system is due to make its closest—and final—approach to Earth this week before it continues on its journey back toward interstellar space. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will ...

A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...

For months now, astronomers have been closely watching the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it rips through the solar system at a breakneck velocity. And before it finally leaves us for good ...

New images captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has "surprised" the agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) team as they saw the "very clearly visible ...

The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month. Comet 3I/ATLAS has ...

An astrophotograph of the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS highlights its green coma and a wandering blue-tinted ion tail. (Copyright Victor Sabet and Julien De ...

Time moves fast. 260 years can zip by in the blink of an eye. That’s how long it took me to fly from the failing Earth of the far future to humanity’s new home upon the Interstellar Arc. One second, I ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are most likely to enter our solar system from two specific directions, a new study suggests. What does it mean for Earth? When you purchase through links on our ...

A new interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, is passing through our Solar System. This rare visitor comes from deep space, carrying clues about planet formation elsewhere. Astronomers are studying it closely.

Astronomers worldwide are closely monitoring 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object that has shown a sudden increase in speed and a dramatic change in colour. Discovered by a telescope in Chile in ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS recently made its closest pass of the Sun, or perihelion, brightening up in observations as solar radiation caused it to shed gases at an immense rate. The ...