Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a ...
Researchers have discovered that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been shedding water, providing insights into the building ...
A new and unique insight regarding interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been gathered by experts. It has been published in the ...
Astronomers named it 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever discovered. When scientists at Auburn University turned ...
Scientists estimate that nearly 8% of the comet’s surface, about 7.8 square kilometres, is actively venting vapour. Most ...
The comet, which continues its journey through the solar system, has been observed by space telescopes near Earth.
For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted between the stars—like a sealed bottle cast into the cosmic ocean.
Every interstellar comet so far has been a surprise,” said Dr. Zexi Xing of Auburn University, looking back on the wide variety of objects that have wandered into the solar system from far-off star ...
Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...