NASA’s PUNCH was tracking comet SWAN when 3I/ATLAS whizzed past. Credit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute ...

The latest data from the Webb telescope (reported here) indicates that the plume of gas and dust surrounding 3I/ATLAS ...

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever ...

Researchers detail a 2035 Solar Oberth maneuver mission using chemical propulsion to intercept interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets ...

Is 3I/ATLAS just a comet — or an intergalactic ark? A NASA spacecraft has discovered organic chemicals on 3I/ATLAS, which ...

NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) was built for the ambitious purpose of performing an all-sky survey. The data it collects ...

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...