Astronomers have announced the discovery of A11pl3Z, a massive new interstellar object entering our solar system.

NASA said the comet poses no threat to Earth and will stay at a distance of some 240 million kilometers. It is now at a distance of some 4.5 astronomical units (some 416 million miles or 670 million ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the sky ...

The object was officially designated 3I/Atlas and is believed to have come from a distant star system. The post Mysterious ...

You can see the recently identified "interstellar object" 3I/ATLAS shooting towards us through the solar system in a ...

On July 1, the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope reported the discovery of A11pl3Z, an object whose orbit looked like it came from another star. Now we know that ...

NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.

Comet or asteroid heading for the Sun is only the third time an interstellar object has been spotted inside our group of planets ...

It's too soon to know whether the object is a rocky asteroid or an icy comet, or how big and what shape it is.

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