Astronomers pointed two of the world’s most sensitive radio telescopes at 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object ...

A comet from another star system does not arrive every year. That is part of what made 3I/ATLAS so compelling when it appeared in July 2025.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in our solar system in July 2025. Since its arrival, scientists have been confident it is a natural comet, but its rare interstellar origin made it an ...

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Ever since astronomers first detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in July, speculation about its true nature has run wild. Some experts speculate it isn’t a comet at all but rather an extraterrestrial ...

SETI has finished one of the strangest and most revealing checks yet on 3I/ATLAS, the rare comet that crossed our solar system after coming from another star. The result is simple, but important.

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.

It's difficult to believe that, given the enormous extent of outer space around us, there aren't other life forms out there. Humanity has long been intrigued by the idea, with movies, books, and TV ...

Could the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibit technosignatures, or signals of alien technology? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of ...

A comet from another star system does not arrive every year. That is part of what made 3I/ATLAS so compelling when it appeared in July 2025. It streaked into the Solar System on a path so extreme that ...