Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

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

Researchers at Oxford have discovered that comet 3I/ATLAS may be over 7 billion years old, making it the oldest one we've ...

It was only discovered last month (1 July) by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile and NASA was quick to confirm that the ...

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

British astronomers may have solved the mystery of an "interstellar object" hurtling towards our planet. Scientists believe the mysterious interstellar visitor may be the oldest comet ever observed.

The object seems to be travelling on a steep path - suggesting it came from the Milky Way's "thick disk", an area of ancient ...