NASA has spotted an intergalactic comet, named 3I/Atlas, that journeyed into our solar system. This icy snowball, the third interstellar object detected, poses no threat to Earth. Currently near ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Rio Hurtado first spotted the object ...

The comet should be visible by telescope through September, before it gets too close to the sun, and reappear in December on ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have identified what they think is an interstellar object — and it could be ...

These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighborhood to another, so this thing has likely been traveling ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

That's closer than Mercury, the innermost planet to the sun. On the same day, the comet will also be at perigee — its closest point to Earth — at 89.5 million miles (144.0 million km) away. As ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.

In conclusion, January 2025 offers a rare chance to witness the brilliance of Comet G3 ATLAS, a celestial marvel that won't grace our skies again for another 160,000 years.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 is set to dazzle Southern Hemisphere skywatchers in mid-January. Here’s everything you need to know about the 'New Year comet'. When you purchase through links on our ...

The streaking Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) has met a dramatic end, disintegrating as it approached its closest point to the sun this week. Comet C/2024 S1, also known as the Halloween comet because it ...