For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

The interstellar visitor, only the third such object to be discovered passing through our solar system, ignited controversial ...

Comets usually fade quietly once they swing past the Sun. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS did not follow the same path. Instead, ...

The mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system grew significantly brighter as it left, according to ...

A recent paper published in December to the journal Religions posed a simple yet profound question with its headline: ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS dramatically brightened after passing the Sun, with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb warning it could be a hostile alien spacecraft whilst NASA's SPHEREx telescope shows nor ...

There are new Target novels, Doctor Who audiobooks, short story collections and vinyl exclusives on the way in 2026 and ...

NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) was built for ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies.

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope observed a dramatic outburst from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after its October 2025 solar flyby.