The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".

Sometimes serendipity happens in science. Whether it's an apple falling from a tree or a melting chocolate bar, some of the ...

The photos reveal a bright and well-developed coma, the cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus, with striking ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

"The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity," said Avi Loeb.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass by the Sun on Oct. 30, when it will fly 130 million miles inside the ...