Astronomers have been fascinated after spotting an object earlier this year that came from interstellar space as is now hurtling through our inner solar system. Since then, they’ve been using powerful ...

Astronomers found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows an "extreme abundance ratio" of nickel and iron in its gas plume. Astronomers are still poring over data to get a better sense of 3I/ATLAS, ...

In early July 2025, a telescope system designed to spot potential threats to Earth made a surprising discovery. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, better known as ATLAS, detected a ...