The most sensational story of the year for astronomers has been the discovery of the comet 3I/ATLAS, which was first observed on July 1, 2025 by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter captured a faint but remarkable view of 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar comet raced past Mars. The ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS arrived from beyond the Solar System carrying a chemical story unlike anything astronomers had measured before. In the gas around it, they found isotope ratios that do not match the ...
Astronomers pointed two of the world’s most sensitive radio telescopes at 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object ...
What is interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS? The comet was first detected on 1 July by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescopes in Chile. Follow-up observations confirmed that it did not originate within the ...
3I/ATLAS is surrounded by “a complex jet structure,” new images show, sparking fresh speculation that the Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be an artificial alien craft. The images, captured ...
On the 1st of July 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile spotted a new comet entering our solar system. This comet was named 3I/ATLAS, as it's only the third ...
Enigmatic object has captivated astronomers, sparked intense debate in scientific circles As of December 19, 2025, the interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth ...
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter caught a rare glimpse of 3I/ATLAS as it swept past Mars, revealing the hazy coma and tail of a ...
The pre-perihelion and post-perihelion observations of the interstellar interloper by Earth-based observatories and ...
Does 3I/ATLAS have interstellar headlights? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb speculated that NASA’s recently released photos of 3I/ATLAS could potentially point to its artificial origins — and even wondered ...
The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system—and how other distant solar systems ...