Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS's first reported sighting was on July 1, and it's going to be the closest it's ever been to Earth on Friday. Along the way, it reached several milestones leading up to what ...
An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are capturing ...
NASA’s SPHEREx telescope spotted interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flaring up while exiting the solar system. Scientists explain what caused it.
Astrophysicists are scrambling to study an ancient comet from another star system that entered the solar system this year, and which has already swung past Mars. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the comet poses no ...
(CNN) — An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just made its closest pass of the sun, setting it on an outgoing path — but it’s not leaving our cosmic neighborhood yet. The ...
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fragmented after its October 2025 solar approach, with telescope observations documenting multiple ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...