3I/ATLAS was described as the third confirmed interstellar object after ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov, but the script says it did not behave like either of them. It passed within about 28 million ...

A comet from another star system does not arrive every year. That is part of what made 3I/ATLAS so compelling when it ...

A NASA probe that had a close encounter with a strange object from another solar system has been declared dead and scientists ...

Last fall, a Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of a comet from another star system, offering scientists a fresh vantage on a rare visitor. In July 2025, telescopes spotted 3I/ATLAS—only ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

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The interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was first discovered in July 2025, and made its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) in late October. New observations of 3I/ATLAS were taken in December from ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to visit our solar system from interstellar space. Despite conspiracy theories, scientists say 3I/ATLAS shows all ...