Comet 3I/ATLAS is one of only three interstellar objects ever detected in our solar system. Scientists are working to determine the comet's size and physical characteristics as it passes through our ...
In a pair of papers published in 2018 and 2021 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, planetary scientist Steve Desch and his colleague Alan Jackson, both from Arizona State University, ...
A mysterious object from interstellar space is screaming through our solar system right now, and is expected to rip past Mars and Jupiter over the coming months before exiting back into the void ...
The internet is in uproar after Harvard astrophysicist Dr Avi Loeb warned people to 'take vacations before October 29', ...
For millions of years, a frozen traveler drifted in silence through the stars, carrying secrets from another world. This summer, that interstellar visitor—now known as 3I/ATLAS—passed through our ...
For over two months, astronomers have been closely following an interstellar object — dubbed 3I/ATLAS — as it screams through the solar system at a breakneck speed. The unusual visitor was only the ...
The total mass loss rate and outflow speed from its 3I/Atlas surface was used to infer its mass. The mass of 3I/ATLAS must be bigger than 33 billion tons. The diameter of its solid-density nucleus ...
Objects such as 'Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we're about to start spotting a whole lot more of ...
A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...