The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.
I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.
Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to the naked eye. It may end up being the brightest ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now barreling away from the sun, never to return to the solar system. There's one more chance ...
A Spanish telescope has detected a new comet for the first time in over 40 years, a rare scientific milestone confirmed by ...
When an interstellar comet goes behind the Sun from the Earth’s perspective, science does not hit pause it relocates. In the ...
(CNN) — An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are ...
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 ...
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared the images of comet 3I/ATLAS. It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system and it's traveling through space at speeds of up to ...
Astronomers spotted comet C/2025 R3, potentially visible without telescopes. It will approach Earth and Sun in April 2026, creating a spectacular celestial show for global skywatchers and astronomy ...
This comet could be part of the Kreutz family and is expected to flare dramatically as it sweeps past the Sun.