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 ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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 ...

It feels like I’ve been transported into a scene straight out of a science fiction movie. I’m walking around on a giant centrifuge in space, which I can see the outlines of at the edge of my vision.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a deeper look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, as it zoomed through the solar system on Nov. 30. The Wide Field Camera 3 ...

The mysterious interstellar object that's been flying through the solar system may be leaving behind the building blocks of life on our neighboring worlds. Scans of 3I/ATLAS have revealed two key ...