Of course, 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary comet. Discovered on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

ESO fellow Abel de Burgos Sierra caught a colorful capture of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) shining among background stars on Jan. 29. In the photo, particles of dust and gases create multiple tails as ...

It’s been a busy few weeks for astrophotographers. Not only has the ongoing planet parade been delighting stargazers, but from mid to late January, Comet G3 (ATLAS) could be seen streaking ...

Goodbye, ATLAS ATLAS is heading away from us, but not unscathed. On January 19, the bright little speck of its nucleus vanished, suggesting that the comet fragmented after its passage around the Sun.

A comet that orbits the Sun every 160,000 years will appear in the night sky this week, offering a rare chance The Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is expected to be the brightest comet in nearly 20 years ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) The interstellar comet, originally called A11pl3Z and now ...

Scientists now say the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered and some 3 billion years older than our solar system.

Space Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13, reaching the perihelion of its massive, 160,000-year orbit through our solar system.

Goodbye, ATLAS ATLAS is heading away from us, but not unscathed. On January 19, the bright little speck of its nucleus vanished, suggesting that the comet fragmented after its passage around the Sun.