However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a cosmic first for this decade, astronomers have identified a mysterious comet from another galaxy — ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

The scientific and cultural impact of 3I/ATLAS over the coming months and years will serve as an exemplar of what astronomy ...