Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.
A trio of meteor showers sends flashes of light across our skies this month, and the first week will feature the largest and ...
For most of its journey 3I/ATLAS has been frozen solid, but the warming rays of our Sun are enough to unfreeze some of its gases such as carbon dioxide, generating a faint cometary tail. For a period ...
New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...
A rare cosmic visitor, 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object, was discovered in July 2025. This object, on a ...
The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...
An interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS has just passed our sun. Despite online rumours that it’s an alien spaceship, experts say it’s definitely a comet.
Why do all planets in our solar system orbit the Sun the same way? This documentary unravels the cosmic forces, from the ...
The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...
Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.
When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...