Comet 3I/ATLAS is one of only three interstellar objects ever detected in our solar system. Scientists are working to determine the comet's size and physical characteristics as it passes through our ...
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth - but several spacecraft are in the perfect position to get a closer look. As 3I/ATLAS warps and grows the closer it gets to ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). As it ...
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A Rare Interstellar Comet Just Flew by Mars—Here Are the Photos Captured by an Orbiting Spacecraft
3I/ATLAS, the rare comet currently making headlines as it travels through our solar system, made its closest approach to Mars on Friday. Thanks to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas ...
A comet unlike any other in recorded history is on a trajectory to zip through the inner solar system in less than a decade, but like most space rocks that make the news, it isn't anything to lose ...
DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) – The European Space Agency celebrated a cosmic touchdown Wednesday by successfully landing a spacecraft on a comet for the first time in history. The agency said it has ...
After 10 years and 4 billion miles, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at its destination today for the first extended, close examination of a comet. The last in a series of 10 ...
NASA said Tuesday that there is the possibility a comet could impact Mars in October 2014. Based on observations made last Friday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has the comet passing within about ...
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