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

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 ...

A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and ...

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

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

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat ...

Astronomers confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, came from interstellar space. It appears to be billions of years old.