The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 ...

The moment an object from another star system appears in survey data, astronomy shifts into sprint mode. Interstellar visitors do not linger, and each one offers a narrow window to study material ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is the gift that keeps on giving. A snapshot of the space that lies beyond the solar system, it brings clues to other stars, other worlds and the galaxy we call home. Just ...

Discover the rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by a Jupiter-bound spacecraft. Learn how this visitor from outside ...

Astronomers first spotted comet 3I/Atlas in data collected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in June 2025. The International Astro ...

Analysis of the tail of 3I/Atlas reveals that it contains an anomalous proportion of methanol, a class of alcohol used in fuels.

Astronomers using ALMA have found large quantities of methanol in comet 3I/ATLAS, making it one of the most alcohol-rich ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to make astonishing headlines, thanks to new findings from astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This new research reveals that 3I/ATLAS ...

This is the moment a mysterious object that has come from interstellar space was spotted travelling through our solar system. Images shared by the Canary Islands Institute of Physics on Thursday (3 ...

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The JUICE mission snapped photos of Comet 3I/Atlas after surviving its closest approach to the Sun. This will be your best chance to see 3I/ATLAS in the night sky. Never-before-seen images of 3I/ATLAS ...

Aug. 11—Famous for finding gold-filled shipwrecks and sunken submarines, a Spokane firm's latest discovery may have come from the cosmos. Williamson & Associates, a deep-sea engineering firm based in ...