The comet will be notably smaller after it passes the sun.
Astronomers tracking the skies around our planet have picked up two very different cosmic companions: a vast interstellar ...
Astronomer Avi Loeb suspects this interstellar visitor is a piece of alien technology, citing its unusual traits and the ...
Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are most likely to enter our solar system from two specific directions, a new study suggests. What does it mean for Earth? When you purchase through links on our ...
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million miles. Scientists have been closely monitoring the object — which is largely ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space.
The mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is just weeks away from reaching its closest point to Earth: it’s expected to pass within just 170 million miles of our home planet on December 19, giving ...
Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...
Astronomers have discovered 3I/ATLAS, a fast-moving interstellar object detected in mid-2025. Researchers believe this ancient comet, potentially 8-14 billion years old, originated from the Milky ...
A cosmic traveler from beyond our solar system is making its closest approach to Earth this week, offering astronomers and stargazers a fleeting opportunity to witness a visitor from another star ...
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