In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s ...

During its journey through the atmosphere over tens of miles, the asteroid collides with air molecules, and the incredible ...

NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz talks with Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb about a new study that believes 3I/ATLAS may be twice ...

The Gaia mission has allowed researchers to understand the motions of stars like never before, even revealing possible interactions between our solar system and nearby stars. Planetary Science ...

Based on the composition of gases spewed by the icy space rock, researchers estimate that our guest might be up to 12 billion ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists toward the origins of the interstellar comet ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered remarkable clues about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a cosmic visitor that may ...

The discovery of 3I/Atlas made headlines worldwide with bizarre claims that it might be an alien spaceship distracting from ...