Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reached a speed of 58 km/s upon arrival, and was too fast to be captured, making a short flyby a valuable high-value experiment in chemistry, dust physics, and solar ...

What can be known when a comet which never was of the Sun, crosses the instrumented surface of the Solar System, momentarily?

Observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show increased water, carbon dioxide, and organic gas release after its passage near the Sun, based on data from NASA’s SPHEREx mission ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked intrigue in the scientific community after NASA's SPHEREx spacecraft detected ...

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

Comets usually fade quietly once they swing past the Sun. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS did not follow the same path. Instead, ...

A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro Pachón in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory and ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission observed infrared emissions from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, documenting changes in dust, gas, and molecular activity after perihelion.

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope spotted interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flaring up while exiting the solar system. Scientists explain what caused it.