Comet 3I/ATLAS has arrived in the inner solar system behaving as if the usual rules of comet physics were optional. Instead of trailing a neat plume of dust away from the Sun, it has grown a striking ...

The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is believed to be much older than the whole Solar System. It traveled across the galaxy for at ...

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exhibits a bright, extended ion tail while releasing gas and dust as it travels through the inner solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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Two ESA spacecraft, Hera and Europa Clipper, are poised to fly through the long tail of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a new paper finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Amateur astronomers across Europe have reported similar sightings. Michael Jaeger of Austria, who has been tracking 3I/ATLAS since Nov. 4, captured a spray of four or five plumes. "We have something ...

Comet 3I Atlas is currently ~186 million miles from Earth, which is twice the distance from the Earth to the sun. It is moving away from the Sun now but getting closer to Earth until December 19, 2025 ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...