A Harvard scientist tracking the interstellar visitor in our solar system has issued a warning about its move behind the sun on Tuesday. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, will be exactly on the opposite ...

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system. Hydroxyl compounds ...

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Christopher Nolan has become well known for delivering thought-provoking blockbusters that shake up the cinematic landscape, including the Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, and Oppenheimer. The film ...

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A rare interstellar comet — only the third ever confirmed to enter our solar system — was photographed last week, closely approaching Mars, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The images taken on ...

Because the spacecraft are equipped with cameras that aren't designed to observe an object so far away, the images they captured were fuzzy. Still, scientists were able to get a little bit of a look ...

As predicted, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS came within spitting distance of the surface of Mars as it continued blazing its path through the solar system. The mysterious object, widely believed to be ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly discovered interstellar visitor called 3I/ATLAS, and early research suggests it may be unusually massive. The comet was first spotted on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS ...

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