The Subaru Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on January 7, 2026, after it made its closest approach to the sun. By observing colors in the coma around the comet, astronomers could ...

More than tenfold: That is the reported deuterium difference between water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and water measured ...

Scientists studying 3I/ATLAS have spotted unusually slow gas around the interstellar comet, offering fresh clues about its ...

The deep, echoing void of interstellar space has just sent us a traveller, and it's unlike any other we have encountered. Imagine a silent, pristine remnant from a star system light-years away — a ...

Interstellar comet contains an unusually high amount of methanol, and new data indicate that it was born in a very cold and ...

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has publicly challenged NASA, calling for the immediate release of all data and images pertaining to the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. A prominent voice in the US ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists studying the comet 3I/ATLAS have determined that this interstellar visitor is remarkably ancient—formed an estimated 10 to 12 billion years ago in a primordial planetary ...

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Benevolent interloper or interstellar poison pill? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in two weeks, Harvard professor Avi Loeb is debating whether our interstellar visitor is friend or foe — an answer ...

Astronomers have revealed new details about the make-up and age of a visiting comet that was born around a distant star. They conclude that the composition of 3I/Atlas is strikingly different from any ...

3I/ATLAS is surrounded by “a complex jet structure,” new images show, sparking fresh speculation that the Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be an artificial alien craft. The images, captured ...