The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it ...

A stray comet will make its closest approach to Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space.Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...

Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles of our planet on Friday. That's as ...

Interstellar travel could be possible, scientists say, but not in the way you might think. For decades, science fiction stories have proposed the idea of traveling outside of our known galaxy. This ...

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, a comet from beyond our solar system, has captivated scientists and the public alike. NASA has ...

The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close. Interstellar ...

Astronomers have followed 3I/ATLAS since its discovery on July 1. Hubble photographed it on July 21 from 277 million miles away, revealing a teardrop-shaped cloud of dust wrapped around its icy core.

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It's only the third object in history from outside our solar system to be discovered cruising through our area of space.