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

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major ...

Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com California on track to break 75-year Lake Mead record Student deported despite judge’s emergency order ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — We’re just days away from the arrival of a comet from outside of our solar system. On December 19, 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth after months of travel. This is the ...

The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...

It was a year that saw roughly six million Americans hold hands in a continuous (more or less) line across the country to ...

Scientists used the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to obtain images of the third-ever detected interstellar object, Comet 3I/ATLAS, on Nov. 26, 2025. Credit: NSF NOIRLab In the spirit of the season, ...

New images captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has "surprised" the agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) team as they saw the "very clearly visible ...

The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month. Comet 3I/ATLAS has ...

3I/Atlas, a rare interstellar object that had some astronomers wondering whether it's a spacecraft, will soon reach its nearest point to the sun and Earth. The interstellar comet will come within ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...