This is a tale as old as time, or at least as old as the space age: a strange object flies into our solar system, telescopes focus, and before the scientific community can confirm the data, the ...

New evidence suggests that the famous interstellar traveler may be so old that its home system no longer exists.

NASA finally released new images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS post the U.S. government shutdown. In the live event on November 19, 2025, experts from the space agency not only revealed the images ...

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Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million miles. Scientists have been closely monitoring the object — which is largely ...

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – in July and on Nov. 30, 2025. An ESA orbiter bound for Jupiter also observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. How big is 3I/ATLAS ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar object ever known to pass through our solar system—is accelerating and now approaching its closest point to Earth. “Significant” non-gravitational accelerations ...

Astronomer Avi Loeb pointed out two papers that found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS bears an unusually high concentration ...

This week, just days before Christmas, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to planet Earth – so close, that anyone with a "powerful amateur" telescope might see it. Here's ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19. The comet will pass within about 170 million miles of our planet and poses no danger. While not visible to the naked ...

Here’s how to keep your 3I on it. With 3I/ATLAS slated to make its Earth tour in two days, amateur photographers and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch sight of the interstellar comet. Our ...