Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small satellite already orbiting Earth. IBEX has special instruments gathering ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

There are lots of objects floating around in our solar system, but one thing most have in common is a common origin, and then ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

Astronomers have confirmed that a recently spotted object is an interstellar visitor, and appears to have come from the ...

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.