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However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...
A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Astronomers and space agencies continue to track the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaking through solar system at blistering ...
Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...