In November 2025, two spacecraft on opposite sides of an interstellar comet did something no observatory on or near Earth ...
Scientists confirmed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which passed closest to Earth in December 2025, showed no detectable technosignatures strong enough to suggest it is an alien spacecraft.
We already knew interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS came from somewhere far beyond our solar system. Now scientists have more information on how alien that somewhere really is — a corner of the universe ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains water and carbon molecules at levels never before seen in our solar system. This suggests that it formed around an alien star radically different from and much ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS has much more "heavy" water than comets that formed in the solar system, according to a new study. Hans Anderson, Michigan News Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, ...
Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The interstellar ...
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), scientists have discovered that the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in a much colder region of the Milky Way than our solar ...
On a single day last November, two spacecraft millions of kilometers apart turned their ultraviolet eyes toward the same ...