Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS continues to fascinate astronomers as it rips through our solar system. And the more we find out about the object — widely suspected to be an icy comet — the more ...

The startup is fueling its rocket engines with liquid methane. Credit: Interstellar Technologies Amid stables for 1,400 dairy cows, a tanker truck empties its load: a liquid stream of manure that ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Our solar system has an interstellar visitor. It’s an object called 3I-Atlas, and is just the third interstellar object to enter our system. It’s shedding nickel and iron at ...

3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object racing toward the Sun, is baffling scientists with its speed and origin. Some researchers suggest it could even be alien-made, drawing comparisons to probes ...

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system. Hydroxyl compounds ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Exploring beyond our solar system could have lasting impacts here on Earth, and scientists, creatives and industry experts gather at the University of Texas at Austin this week to ...

ESA’s Mars orbiters have observed comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever discovered. The faint, distant object revealed a glowing coma as it was heated by the Sun. Researchers are ...

A few days ago, an inscrutable interstellar interloper made its closest approach to Mars, where a fleet of international spacecraft seek to unravel the red planet’s ancient mysteries. Several of the ...

The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured images of 3I/ATLAS on October 3. ESA / TGO / CaSSIS 3I/ATLAS, the rare comet currently making headlines as it travels through our solar ...

The mystery behind the famous 1977 “Wow!” signal has gained renewed attention after a Harvard astronomer proposed that the newly observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be linked to the event. The ...

A rare interstellar comet — only the third ever confirmed to enter our solar system — was photographed last week, closely approaching Mars, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The images taken on ...