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Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has flagged at least 16 anomalies in his handful of studies so far. While speculations abound ...
The theory, spearheaded by astronomer Michele Bannister and her investigative team at the University of Canterbury in New ...
The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...
After passing Earth, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly close to Jupiter and its moon Eupheme in March 2026, marking a key moment in its outbound journey ...
An amateur photographer in Portland captures rare images of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS using a smart telescope as the ...
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2026: 3I/ATLAS forces a rethink of 'normal' comets

At 3.51 au from the Sun well beyond the region where water ice normally drives strong cometary activity 3I/ ATLAS still ...
Unlike the comets that call our solar system home, 3I/ATLAS is a cosmic nomad on a hyperbolic trajectory — a one-time flyby ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is giving astronomers a rare, close look at material that formed far beyond our planetary ...
The most startling revelation regarding 3I/ATLAS concerns its age. Associate Professor Michele Bannister of the University of ...
ATLAS, the interstellar anomaly that has rivetted scientists as it hurtles through our solar system, might not be as special ...
The third known visitor from another star system, Comet 3I/ATLAS, has been racing through the Solar System with just enough ...