The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came ...
This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.
Astronomers at Michigan State University have released groundbreaking images of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS, ...
Astronomers are racing to study 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet whose strange behavior reveals new clues about how other ...
A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object cruises toward the sun.
Asteroids, comets, and meteors differ in origin and behavior—remnants of our Solar System that sometimes create dazzling sights in Earth’s skies.
This gallery contains 74 images of different star systems with cometary belts (known as “exocomets”) taken with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) ...