Is it an interstellar wolf in sheep’s clothing? Earlier this week, the NASA-backed International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) launched an emergency defense probe after 3I/ATLAS exhibited unusual ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS appears to be normal and intact, despite some reports that the interstellar visitor exploded after its brush ...
Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar visitor. Reading time 3 minutes As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hurtles through ...
As global fascination centers on the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, astronomers have been stunned by another cosmic spectacle ...
"We study cometary bodies because they act as time capsules, sealing in material from their formation billions of years ago." The Europa Clipper spacecraft may soon be pummeled by charged particles — ...
NASA's EPOXI mission comes within 450 miles of Comet Hartley 2. Nov. 4, 2010 — -- Thirteen million miles out in space, a NASA probe called Deep Impact has flown within 435 miles of Comet Hartley ...
The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth's solar system.
A mysterious object from outside our solar system—one that a Harvard scientist suggests could be alien technology—is making its way past the sun, and scientists are racing to catch up. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...