Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has gone from obscure visitor to front‑page mystery, as a cascade of new images reveals behavior that does not fit comfortably inside existing comet playbooks. Jets that ...

The end of December 2025 is almost here, and the astronomical community is still tracing the third known interstellar object, comet 3I/ATLAS. The comet just made its way past Earth in its closest ...

Astronomers have spotted 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Bigger, faster, and possibly far older than ‘Oumuamua or Borisov, this icy traveler could help ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 30 November with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At the time, the comet was about 286 million kilometers from Earth.

Benevolent interloper or interstellar poison pill? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in two weeks, Harvard professor Avi Loeb is debating whether our interstellar visitor is friend or foe — an answer ...

The first reports of comet 3I/ATLAS were made on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Chile. This comet caught the world's attention since it was the ...

The earliest images of 3I/ATLAS, newly uncovered by Michigan State University, reveal how the interstellar object evolved as it traveled through our solar system—and how other distant solar systems ...

A NASA spacecraft designed to hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life has turned its lens toward comet 3I/ATLAS — but not for the reason you might think. The spacecraft just happened to be in the ...

Could these be signs of artificial 3I-ntelligence? With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not. NASA has staunchly maintained ...