Researchers have identified a distinctive ultraviolet signature of water in the interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS.

A shocking new study suggests that the second interstellar object ever discovered, Comet 2I/Borisov, could be carrying water on it from beyond the Solar System. The study suggests that 2I/Borisov, ...

Astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center believe the recently discovered interstellar object 2I/Borisov may hold water, New Scientist reports. While we’ve previously detected water in the ...

A mysterious comet that has just entered our solar system could be carrying “alien water,” according to a new study. Researchers analyzing the interstellar 2I/Borisov comet think that it’s releasing ...

Could a frozen interstellar traveler be carrying the chemical seeds of life? The third known confirmed object to enter our solar system from beyond, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is delivering a wealth ...

Astronomers have spotted signs of water spraying off comet 2I/Borisov, which is flying towards the Sun on a journey from interstellar space. It is the first time scientists have seen water in our ...

Earth has a lot of water. It’s almost like we’re hoarding the stuff for a not so rainy day. All of that water is more or less the defining feature of our planet when seen from a distance, but there’s ...

Incredibly, researchers from Auburn University have detected hydroxyl (OH) gas emanating from the interstellar object as it ...

For millions of years, a frozen traveler drifted in silence through the stars, carrying secrets from another world. This summer, that interstellar visitor—now known as 3I/ATLAS—passed through our ...

The water that makes up most of our planet’s surface formed in the cold darkness of insterstellar space long before our Sun flared to life, according to a recent study. Around 1,300 light years away, ...

Earth is a famously watery planet, but where exactly it all came from is a mystery. Now, researchers in Japan have suggested a new origin story, by showing that water – and petroleum – can form inside ...