The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention. reading time 3 minutes A comet unlike any seen before has fixated astronomers ...

The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the universe but remain mysterious Margherita Bassi - Daily Correspondent An area of ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations have provided size estimates for the nucleus of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, ranging from 320 meters to 5.6 kilometers in diameter, though the nucleus itself ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system Jay ...

You’re looking at a building block of someone else’s home, said planetary astronomer Karen Meech as the first calibrated images of comet 3I/ATLAS appeared on screens at the Gemini South Observatory.

A rare interstellar object, newly designated 3I/ATLAS, is currently sweeping through the solar system, NASA has confirmed. This is only the third confirmed visitor from beyond our solar system — a ...