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However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...
NASA confirms the arrival of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object. The ATLAS project spotted it in June 2025. Its speed ...
How does a 15-kilometer-wide comet, moving at 152,000 miles per hour, slip into our solar system undetected until a global ...