I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.
The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.
Tune in today (Jan. 16) to bid farewell to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, courtesy of a livestream from the Virtual Telescope ...
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New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...
Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...
"Interstellar navigation is a complex, systematic engineering task. Breakthroughs in a single discipline cannot support the ...
The object was first detected by the ATLAS telescope system in Hawaii, originally appearing to be an ordinary comet. However, ...
Scientists found new evidence (or lack thereof) disproving the conspiracy theory that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is alien ...
The comet, discovered in July 2025, originated far beyond our Solar System and is thought to be around 7 billion years old - even older than the Sun. View on euronews ...
It has been 10 years since Christopher Nolan's cinematic masterpiece Interstellar was released, and in this video, I take a deep dive into the film that captivated audiences and redefined science ...