The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...

Right now a comet is hurtling through our solar system at more than 137,000 miles per hour. But it is not just this interstellar object’s speed that has earthly astronomers glued to their telescopes.

"Because of this definition, polarization is positive when the polarization ... "This polarimetric behaviour is significantly different from all known comets (either interstellar or bound to our Solar ...

It’s a stellar discovery. A Manhattan-sized interstellar comet was spotted blazing through our solar system — marking only the third time a mysterious object from beyond our cosmic neighborhood has ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here are all of your questions answered. Astronomers have confirmed a rare and ...

A strange interstellar object is hurtling its way toward our pale blue dot — and according to a Harvard astronomer, there’s a chance it’s not a benign asteroid or comet, but instead some harmful form ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for astronomers to study an object born a long time ago in a star system far, far away.

To this day, this incredible Christopher Nolan scene makes you lean forward in your seat and marvel at what's happening on ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense". The ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — which is zooming through our inner solar system — appears to be emitting its own light, according to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. The observation by Loeb, if ...

While researching Starbound, my new book on the realities of interstellar travel, I was often surprised by the bizarre, over-the-top spacecraft designs that scientists have proposed in well-regarded ...