Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A recent image of Comet 3I/ATLAS taken by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii (background), ...

An interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS, currently hurtling toward its closest approach to the Sun, has ignited a debate among astronomers (and enthusiasts) over its true nature: is it a natural ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has managed to capture the attention of the global science community and will reach its closest point to the Sun on October 30. The discovery of 3I/ATLAS, the third ...

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 ...

An interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space, a new image shows. The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is sending out a jet of material towards the sun as our nearest star warms up ...