Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

NASA confirms the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object. The ATLAS project spotted it in June 2025. Its speed ...

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled after spotting an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...