Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...

Scientists have examined the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, finding evidence that it is packed with water that could be older ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped some spooky looking photos of our solar system's newest interstellar invader on the ...

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday ...

The announcement came via a Bluesky post by an astrophysics undergraduate, who shared, "Hubble Space Telescope images of ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

The photos reveal a bright and well-developed coma, the cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus, with striking ...

Astronomers unveiled a striking view of the new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS on its journey toward the inner solar system.

Spacecraft to Bring Home Comet Dust and Clues. January 9, 2006. By Guy Gugliotta.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

Like other comets, 12P has a solid nucleus — a hard, icy shell filled with ice, gas and dust — that is surrounded by a fuzzy cloud, or coma made of materials that leak out of the comet's insides.

As the comet approaches the sun, the ice begins to turn to gas that can burst out of the comet in a cloud of dust that creates a huge, fuzzy cloud around the nucleus called the coma.