This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert—essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most ...

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to ...

The comet likely originated in a distant corner of the Milky Way galaxy. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently discovered interstellar visitor hurtling through our solar ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

What lies beyond Neptune? Is it just empty space… or something far more mysterious? In this video, we explore the fascinating story of the Oort Cloud – a gigantic, icy sphere that surrounds our Solar ...

Gemini South caught Comet 3I/ATLAS “switching on,” as students and astronomers joined to see dust, gas, chemistry from ...

Discovery: On July 2, 2025, astronomers confirmed Comet 3I/ATLAS, marking only the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected passing through our Solar System, after 1I/ʻOumuamua (2017) and ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system. The Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field Camera 3 got an incredible view of the comet ...

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