Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon reach its closest distance to Earth, so this may be our last, best chance to see this rare object before it heads back out into the universe, never to return. One ...

The breakup was caused by the extreme conditions near the Sun; during its latest approach, C/2025 K1 flew as close as 0.334 ...

Telescopes have captured the dramatic process of a comet crumbling into multiple pieces as it journeyed through our Solar ...

“This was a very challenging observation for the instrument. The comet is around 10 000 to 100 000 times fainter than our ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19. The comet will pass within about 170 million miles of our planet and poses no danger. While not visible to the naked ...

(CNN) — An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are ...

Scientists have found new evidence suggesting that interstellar 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spaceship, as one conspiracy theory ...

This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth early Friday. Scientists have tracked the object since its July discovery and confirmed it is a comet, despite online speculation ...

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fragmented after its October 2025 solar approach, with telescope observations documenting multiple ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed, is making its final pass through our skies, offering a rare last glimpse before vanishing into deep space forever.