Currently there is a third “interstellar interloper” now passing through the solar system designated as 3i/ATLAS, for the ...

Take a journey to the outer edges of the solar system and discover how planets, comets, and icy fragments form an invisible ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured breathtaking imagery of solar system comet C/2025 K1 ...

The fractured comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) is now visible to skywatchers after breaking into multiple large pieces following a ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar visitor, hence the prefix “3I.” The second known interstellar body, Comet 2I/Borisov, was discovered by the Russian astronomer Gennady Borisov in August ...

Our Sun was born from a cosmic cloud of gas and dust that also created other similar stars. But they all were hostile and ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 and its twin probe, Voyager 2, during a rare planetary alignment that occurs only once ...

NASA has added interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to its 'Eyes on the Solar System' app, allowing the public to track the object's ...

Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its ...

A newly announced analysis of comet 3I/ATLAS has renewed global scientific interest in interstellar objects and their ...

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) was discovered barrelling towards the sun on May 24, 2025 and is believed to have originated from the ...