With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not.

Astronomers discovered a comet originating from outside the solar system this summer. Its name is 3I/ATLAS ("three-eye-Atlas"), which means it's the third interstellar object found in the solar system ...

The comet originated from outside our solar system and poses no danger to our planet. NASA officials have rejected theories that the object could be an alien spaceship. While not visible to the naked ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest approach to Earth mere days from now, coming within just 167 million miles — a significant gulf, but a mere stone’s throw on the cosmic ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is heading toward Earth, making its closest approach Friday, and the United Nations’ International Asteroid Warning Network, or the IAWN, is monitoring its trajectory ...

Tracking comets accurately is hard. A new effort with the U.N. and NASA aims to better chart these visitors using 3I/ATLAS. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered —- an asteroid ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – in July and on Nov. 30, 2025. An ESA orbiter bound for Jupiter also observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. How big is 3I/ATLAS ...

The comet is the 3rd interstellar object ever detected and got its name from the ATLAS telescope that discovered it. NASA officials have rejected conspiracy theories that the object could be an alien ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from interstellar space to pass through our solar system, is about to make its closest approach to Earth. On Friday, Dec. 19, it will come within about 170 ...

Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the sun on its path out of the solar system. The data were collected during a Shadow the Scientists session—a unique ...