While to some 3I/Atlas is simply a weird-acting exocomet of unusual composition, others, such as Dr Avi Loeb of Harvard University, propose that we should consider the possibility that it is an ...

Time now for an interstellar flyby. Let's meet a very old comet, 3I/ATLAS. DARRYL SELIGMAN: 3I/ATLAS is probably somewhere between 3 billion to 11 billion years old. So it's presumably been traveling ...

As the mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds towards its perihelion on 29 October 2025, NASA's Asteroid ...

Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. The 33-billion-ton interstellar object is super flat and, based on the glow emanating from it, is believed to ...

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3I/ATLAS is named for its status as one of three interstellar objects ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as ...

The mystery behind the famous 1977 “Wow!” signal has gained renewed attention after a Harvard astronomer proposed that the newly observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be linked to the event. The ...

In Rio Hurtado, Chile, 3I/ATLAS was first observed in the night sky by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope. On July 1, it was captured hurtling through space at ...

3I/ATLAS is named for its status as one of three interstellar objects ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...