After several weeks of not being seen, comet 3I/Atlas is visible again in the sky. But when scientists looked at it, they noticed something different — the comet no longer has its bright glowing tail.

Learn how a small Jupiter-family comet reversed its direction of rotation, a change influenced by the sun's heat.

A strange comet recently spotted speeding its way toward Earth and the sun has prompted some comparisons to an infamous interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS. Because the newly discovered space object ...

This comet had its sunscreen on. Recent photos reveal that 3I/ATLAS did not disintegrate during its recent fly-by of the sun, leading Harvard scientist Loeb to double down on suggesting that it could ...

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The latest images of an interstellar comet shared by NASA have captured how an array of spacecraft witnessed a flyby that was truly out of this world, revealing clues to the object’s composition.

Despite some similarities and speculation, the new comet likely originated from our solar system's Oort Cloud and is not directly connected to 3I/ATLAS. The comet will make its closest approach to ...