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 ...

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

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

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

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

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

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

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

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

The study was recently presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Durham, England where researchers revealed that the comet may have originated from the Milky Way 's ...