Astronomers first spotted comet 3I/Atlas in data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.

Are we hitching our wagon to the wrong star? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb has slammed a seemingly far-fetched proposal to intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with a spacecraft, claiming that we’re ...

When a comet leaves the Sun's warmth, astronomers typically anticipate its slow dimming into the darkness of space. However, the behavior of 3I/ATLAS has surprised the scientific community: ...

In July 2025, astronomers detected the third known interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system—an ancient, carbon-dioxide–rich comet traveling at extraordinary speed. Named 3I ...

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft has captured detailed images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, offering ...

Before we say goodbye to our interstellar visitor, another close encounter is on its way. This one could be course-altering.

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By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity could receive a huge boost — enough to allow it to catch up ...

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This will be your best chance to see 3I/ATLAS in the night sky. Never-before-seen images of 3I/ATLAS capture the comet's ghostly beauty. Sorry to burst your bubble. The comet has reached ...

Aug. 11—Famous for finding gold-filled shipwrecks and sunken submarines, a Spokane firm's latest discovery may have come from the cosmos. Williamson & Associates, a deep-sea engineering firm based in ...