The comet runs the risk of being destroyed by its extremely close approach to the Sun in April 2026.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is not just another icy visitor cutting across the night sky. As it hurtles through the inner solar system, ...

STUNNED astronomers have spotted a new comet out in space – and it this could be a pretty special one. There’s a chance it’ll be visible with the naked eye in just a few weeks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T ...

The MAPS Comet is expected to reach perihelion in early April, passing only 99,600 miles (160,200 km) above the surface of the sun (photosphere). To survive such a close approach, the comet needs to ...

Evidence from medieval chronicles suggests that the periodic nature of Halley’s Comet was recognized centuries earlier than previously believed.

NASA and the Hubble telescope have not confirmed the sheer massive size of 3I/ATLAS as mysterious object leaves solar system ...

This hyperbolic Oort Cloud comet, on an inbound journey spanning millions of years, reached perihelion, closest position to ...

NASA’s TESS spacecraft tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in January, capturing data on its motion, brightness, and rotation before it left the solar system ...