The breakup was caused by the extreme conditions near the Sun; during its latest approach, C/2025 K1 flew as close as 0.334 ...
The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star. Tune in ...
A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...
That community recently came together to observe Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) as it passed through the night sky. Near ...
Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.
An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory claims, but a comet.
The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fragmented after its October 2025 solar approach, with telescope observations documenting multiple ...
Comet C/2024 E1, better known as Wierzchos, is skimming past the Sun in a tight, blazing turn that will fling it back toward ...
Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory ...