Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...

On July 1, 2025, a telescope in Chile detected something unexpected: a faint object streaking across the sky at an unusual ...

I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), originated in a distant star system, far beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet originating from a distant star system, now traversing our solar system.

“ [Comet 3I/ATLAS] will be a tiebreaker of sorts,” says Mario Jurić, an astronomer at the University of Washington and discovery software lead at the recently completed Vera C. Rubin ...

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of a rare cosmic traveler: 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet hurtling through our solar system at nearly 2,08, ...

A Manhattan-sized interstellar comet, named 31/ATLAS, was spotted blazing through our solar system – marking only the third time a mysterious object from beyond our cosmic neighborhood has been ...

Astronomers in Hawaiʻi detected the solar system's third interstellar object, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, which poses no threat to ...

The object, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered by NASA on July 1 using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile. Classified as an interstellar comet, it originated from another solar system and has been ...

The comet, designated 3I/ATLAS, will pass inside the orbit of Mars sometime in October, at a closest distance of about 130 million miles from the sun. There is no threat to Earth.