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For some months now, astronomers have been tracking an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS. The suspected comet is extraordinary for several reasons. Not only is it significantly larger than other ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Lowell Observatory astronomer Dr. Qicheng Zhang has captured the first ground-based optical images of Comet 3I/ATLAS ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

Humanity has long wondered if we are being watched from the stars, but the answer might lie in our own exhaust fumes. As the ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million miles. Scientists have been closely monitoring the object — which is largely ...

A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro Pachón in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory and ...