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 ...

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

"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

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

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).

New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...

According to the team's measurements, the comet's nucleus is around a whopping 128 kilometers (80 miles) across, making it ...

Astronomers continue to track Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third-ever discovered interstellar object, passing through our solar system ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was first identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a global network of four ...

Sometimes serendipity happens in science. Whether it's an apple falling from a tree or a melting chocolate bar, some of the ...

It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of Jupiter that was somewhat peculiar. It had a strange orbit, one that didn't ...