Comet 3I/ATLAS has arrived as the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space, and it is not behaving the way a quiet ...
A comet from another star system is putting on a show that looks uncannily like a heartbeat, with bright jets of gas and dust ...
The comet—only the third known interstellar visitor to our solar system—will make its closest approach of the Earth this week ...
Scientists tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and found rotating jets in a rare sun-facing tail during its 2025 pass through ...
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It’s not as bright as it was, so you’ll need binoculars and ...
On Jan. 12, NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station sent back an image of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). A comet that hasn’t been in the inner solar system for around 180,000 years and ...