Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...
In July 2025, astronomers spotted something remarkable passing through our Solar System, an object that had not come from ...
Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System - Scientists say comet represents ...
Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...
3I/ATLAS interstellar comet or alien spacecraft? This question gained attention after NASA released new images of comet 3I/ATLAS on 18 December. The images were captured by the Europa Clipper ...
Rather than being an alien craft, 3I/ATLAS likely formed 12 billion years ago at a key moment in the early Universe ...
This may be the best time to see this celestial visitor before it is gone forever. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest distance to Earth on December 19, and this is our last, best chance ...
In the vast, silent expanse of our solar system, a new visitor has sparked a familiar question: are we truly alone? For those who grew up on a diet of science fiction, the discovery of 3I/ATLAS—the ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon reach its closest distance to Earth, so this may be our last, best chance to see this rare object before it heads back out into the universe, never to return. One ...