Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

On July 1, scientists discovered a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system.  Nicknamed 3I/ATLAS, astronomers say ...

As 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun, astronomers expect its frozen ices to sublimate, releasing gas and forming a glowing coma and ...

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

Named 3I/ATLAS, the object reportedly rich in water ice was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, when it was about 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) from the Sun.

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

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.