The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system. See new photos from a European Space Agency orbiter on its way to Jupiter.

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

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 ...

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 twinkling stars in the sky are further than they appear. So much so that NASA's Voyager 1 is still on its way to reach the star system since its launch on September 5, 1977. It will probably take ...

The JUICE mission snapped photos of Comet 3I/Atlas after surviving its closest approach to the Sun. This will be your best chance to see 3I/ATLAS in the night sky. Never-before-seen images of 3I/ATLAS ...

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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In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These include the enigmatic 'Oumuamua in 2017, the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov in ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims humanity missed a historic chance to find alien life on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, warning it may have been a spacecraft on a seeding mission.