Discovered on July 1, 2025, 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected entering our solar system. Although ...

Before our Sun ignited, before Earth was even a cloud of dust, this thing was already out there, drifting between the stars.

Scientists at the SETI Institute recently searched for technological signals from 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object observed in our solar system. Using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) at the Hat ...

Harvard astronomer, Avi Loeb, speculates it could be an artificial alien object. NASA experts maintain that the object appears to be a natural comet with unique variations. Rare interstellar object 3I ...

3I/ATLAS is surrounded by “a complex jet structure,” new images show, sparking fresh speculation that the Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be an artificial alien craft. The images, captured ...

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The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is, once again, doing something strange. This interloper from another star is currently concealed from view behind the sun, leading some people to wonder what it has ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass of the Earth just under a month from now, coming within around 170 million miles of us. Three months later, it’s expected to get even ...

Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

This might be more than a tail of fire and ice? Comet 3I/ATLAS has displayed a variety of atypical traits, from its bizarre trajectory through our solar system to a complex jet structure. Now, Harvard ...

A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro Pachón in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...