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A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...
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 ...
However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, ...
The solar system has an uninvited guest that is currently shooting toward us on a one-way trip through our cosmic ...
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
NASA confirms the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object. The ATLAS project spotted it in June 2025. Its speed ...
Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...
Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.