Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in space that appears to guide matter and radiation along a kind of ...

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of only the third known interstellar object everobserved passing through our Solar ...

I/ATLAS, the interstellar object discovered in 2025, reveals the estimated population, composition, and distribution of ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

A rare visitor from beyond our solar system has reignited both scientific curiosity and public fear with confusing claims ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i captured the recently discovered interstellar object called ...

What can a newly discovered interstellar comet teach scientists about solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the National Astronomy Meeting 2025 hopes to ...

This animation shows the observations of comet 3I/ATLAS when it was discovered on July 1, 2025. The NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Chile first reported that the comet originated from ...

While online conspiracies swirl, comet 3I/ATLAS made a close pass by Earth on Dec. 19, giving astronomers a rare glimpse of a ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system.Video above: Astronomers discover how planets formThe Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field ...

I/ATLAS may have moved away from Earth as it makes its way out of the solar system, but this interstellar intruder continues ...

Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its ...