The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come ...

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.