Bechtol and his fellow scientists hope they can learn more about the universe than all of scientific progress has allowed in ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

Astronomers are meticulously tracking the new interstellar visitor that is crossing our solar system. Officially designated ...

Found on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile, this visitor is only the third ...

The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile is set to create a colossal map of space with new galaxies, dangerous asteroids; may ...

A top a mountain in Chile, where the days are dry and nights are clear, a team of scientists and engineers is preparing for ...

NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth ...

Dr. Caitlin Casey, an observational astronomer, has recently joined the physics department at UC Santa Barbara. She co-leads the C.O.S.M.O.S. collaboration — a project distinguished by its deep ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1st, originating from Sagittarius. Pre-discovery observations extend back to June 14th, with numerous telescopes ...