Comet C/2025 R3 is generating excitement in the new year as it is set to reach its closest point to Earth in April. It is a ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile and was quickly confirmed to be just the third interstellar visitor to our solar system, after ...

The Oort Cloud is a massive, invisible shell of icy objects that surrounds our entire solar system. It starts thousands of ...

Among these celestial visitors — the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, along with C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN) — not ...

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 ...

Discovered in July, 3I/ATLAS is not your average comet – it’s a giant snowball from beyond our solar system. The comet, ...

The theory, spearheaded by astronomer Michele Bannister and her investigative team at the University of Canterbury in New ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what you’ll need to catch a glimpse.

At 3.51 au from the Sun well beyond the region where water ice normally drives strong cometary activity 3I/ ATLAS still ...

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The most startling revelation regarding 3I/ATLAS concerns its age. Associate Professor Michele Bannister of the University of ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...