‘Could a piece from a distant galaxy be a key to unlocking worlds that lie beyond our solar system?’ This is what is driving astronomers to give their full attention to 3I/ATLAS, only the third ...

Could a frozen wanderer older than the Sun rewrite what we know about the galaxy’s past? Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known confirmed interstellar object to enter our solar system, is offering scientists ...

In a surprising discovery, our team has detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where temperatures ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen - possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. (Nanowerk News) ...

July 5, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Top view of the Milky Way galaxy showing the estimated orbits of both our Sun and the 3I/ATLAS comet. 3I/ATLAS is shown in red dashed lines, and the Sun is shown in yellow dotted lines. The large ...