Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

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

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

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

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

It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of Jupiter that was somewhat peculiar. It had a strange orbit, one that didn't ...

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

Late in the evening on July 1, a telescope in Chile that is part of the global, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last ...

Astronomers and space agencies continue to track the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaking through solar system at blistering ...

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and ...