When a comet leaves the Sun's warmth, astronomers typically anticipate its slow dimming into the darkness of space. However, the behavior of 3I/ATLAS has surprised the scientific community: ...

Scientists studying the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua have proposed that it may be a fragment from a Pluto-like planet beyond our solar system. Researchers from Arizona State University's School of ...

Our solar system's first known interstellar visitor may have a very violent origin story. The mysterious object 'Oumuamua, which was spotted zooming through the inner solar system in October 2017, is ...

NASA and the Hubble telescope have not confirmed the sheer massive size of 3I/ATLAS as mysterious object leaves solar system ...

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

An important event has taken place around 3I/ATLAS, as a group of eight images have been captured showing the appearance of this interstellar comet. This happened during January, w ...

That’s the official word from NASA about an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS. The object, first identified by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in July, had scientists and the ...

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This summer, NASA confirmed that a mysterious object racing through the solar system came from interstellar space, only the third of its kind to be discovered. News of the discovery was announced on ...