After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from ...

Astronomers in Hawaiʻi detected the solar system's third interstellar object, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, which poses no threat to ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.

A new interstellar object has been spotted careening into the solar system at an extremely unusual, hyperbolic trajectory. If ...

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of a third interstellar object visiting our solar system, and it’s already sparking ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

But after ATLAS reported it to the Minor Planet Center, Fuls’ team requested permission to use a larger telescope to gather more observations.