Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). As it ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday reached its closest point to the Sun, a point known as perihelion. Although this ...

I/ATLAS is the fastest comet ever recorded and its interstellar! NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains. Credit: NASA's ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

NASA confirms 3I/ATLAS visible tonight — learn when and where to spot the rare interstellar comet lighting up Earth's skies ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

Two weeks ago, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was at conjunction, on the opposite side of the Sun with respect to Earth. Last ...

I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system. Telescope observations suggest it is a roughly 7-mile-wide (11 kilometers) comet zooming at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 ...

When Comet 3I/ATLAS roared into the solar system this summer, it launched a scientific scramble to study what astronomers ...

U.S. officials continue monitoring interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS despite the government shutdown, with NASA coordinating updates and congressional discussions on new data and upcoming observations.

Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.