The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

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

Here's our images of interstellar object #A11pl3Z from Deep Random Survey's 0.43-meter scope @ Chile. The telescope was following A11pl3Z's motion, so stars appear smeared.

A computer rendering of the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile with its array of seven mirrors produced at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab at the University of Arizona. Courtesy GMTO Corp.

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...