Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

A mystery interstellar object has been identified as the "oldest comet ever seen", according to scientists. The Oxford ...

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered by a British astronomer is most likely the oldest comet ever seen. The "water ice-rich" visitor, which has been given the name 3I/ATLAS, is the first object to ...

The object is big – possibly as wide 12 miles, larger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs – and is speeding ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...