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A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...
A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! It was detected July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Most known ...
New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
A comet is hurtling into our solar system from interstellar space at about 152,000 miles per hour. The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered by the ...
Dark matter may ignite brown dwarfs into glowing “dark dwarfs” Only self-annihilating dark matter types would create this effect James Webb Telescope may already be able to detect dark dwarfs ...
I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
On July 1, scientists discovered a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system.  Nicknamed 3I/ATLAS, astronomers say ...
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...
A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered by a British astronomer is most likely the oldest comet ever seen. The "water ice-rich" visitor, which has been given the name 3I/ATLAS, is the first object to ...