Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...

Interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just a week ago and ever since, astronomers across the world have been ...

I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), originated in a distant star system, far beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream views beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT).

But now 3I/ATLAS appears to be a comet like Borisov, the second interstellar object observed. For a comet, the brightness comes from sunlight bouncing off a plume of gas and dust known as a coma ...

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet originating from a distant star system, now traversing our solar system.

Is the solar system an interstellar highway, with cosmic objects speeding past at warp speeds without human notice? That’s ...

Astronomers do know that 3I/ATLAS is a comet that's about 670 million kilometers (416 million miles) away from the sun. Based on current projections, it poses no danger to planet Earth.

“ [Comet 3I/ATLAS] will be a tiebreaker of sorts,” says Mario Jurić, an astronomer at the University of Washington and discovery software lead at the recently completed Vera C. Rubin ...

The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS. It's officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, and it poses no threat to Earth.

NASA has spotted an intergalactic comet, named 3I/Atlas, that journeyed into our solar system. This icy snowball, the third interstellar object detected, poses no threat to Earth.

This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...