Interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just a week ago and ever since, astronomers across the world have been ...

It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet 3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.

I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), originated in a distant star system, far beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and entered our solar system on a one-time flyby. It was first spotted by the ATLAS ...

Is the solar system an interstellar highway, with cosmic objects speeding past at warp speeds without human notice? That’s ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed. The object -- likely a comet -- was first detected in data collected between ...

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar comet originating from a distant star system, now traversing our solar system.

While every planet, moon, asteroid, comet and life form that formed in our solar system shares a common origin, a common heritage — interstellar visitors, it said, “are true outsiders. They are ...

A Manhattan-sized interstellar comet, named 31/ATLAS, was spotted blazing through our solar system – marking only the third time a mysterious object from beyond our cosmic neighborhood has been ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier ...

Not this fellow. The interstellar comet's orbit is open-ended. In this top-down view of the solar system, the comet enters at left, passes near several planets, and then departs for deep space.

This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...