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I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
Scientists Believe an Asteroid Might Crash Into the Moon in 2032, a Once-in-5,000-Year Event A recently discovered asteroid ...
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...
On that note, 16 Psyche, an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, is estimated to contain between $10 quintillion and $700 quintillion worth of gold and other precious metals, meaning that the ...
The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...
In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.
For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
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.