New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

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

I/ATLAS isn't just fascinating because it is the third interstellar visitor found in the solar system; new research suggests ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...

Stars don't form out of nothing, but tracking the gas and dust that do eventually form stars is hard. They float around the ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

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