Saturn is a big planet and even though it's getting hit with space debris every day, we've never captured it on camera, but ...

A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system.

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

NASA’s ATLAS survey telescope found an interstellar comet, which could be the largest yet, in the direction of the ...

The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...