Nov 24, 2025 by News Staff

NASA’s STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory), the NASA/ESA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), and NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify...

Nov 20, 2025 by News Staff

The new ultraviolet (UV) images from the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) camera aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)...

Nov 19, 2025 by News Staff

The new images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will allow astronomers to better...

Nov 19, 2025 by News Staff

Thanks to the data collected by the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) onboard ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft orbiting Mars,...

Nov 18, 2025 by Natali Anderson

A member of the ICQ Comet Observations group has released a new image of 3I/ATLAS, the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System...

Nov 10, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Some of the latest images of 3I/ATLAS — the third confirmed interstellar object to be detected passing through our Solar System, following 1I/ʻOumuamua...

Oct 17, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected doubly deuterated water (D2O), or ‘heavy water,’ in the protoplanetary...

Oct 8, 2025 by Natali Anderson

During its closest approach to Mars on October 3, 2025, 3I/ATLAS was 30 million km away from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). This image of the...

Oct 7, 2025 by News Staff

Using the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, astronomers have detected hydroxyl (OH) gas — a chemical...

Sep 18, 2025 by News Staff

Tektites are nearly pure glasses (practically no crystalline inclusions) created when a space rock slams into Earth, melting surface material and hurling...

Sep 12, 2025 by News Staff

After 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed. This image from the Multi-Object...

Sep 4, 2025 by News Staff

Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini South telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory in the Chilean Andes, astronomers...

Sep 4, 2025 by News Staff

Planetary researchers at Southwest Research Institute has completed a study detailing how a proposed spacecraft could fly by an interstellar comet, providing...

Aug 7, 2025 by News Staff

According to an analysis of the new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the nucleus of 3I/ATLAS is between 320 m (1,000 feet) and 5.6 km (3.5...

Jul 16, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory have captured 3I/ATLAS as it makes its temporary passage through...

Jul 11, 2025 by News Staff

3I/ATLAS — the second interstellar comet ever spotted in our cosmic neighborhood — may predate our Solar System by more than 3 billion years,...

Jul 8, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever observed. This VLT/FORS2...

Jul 4, 2025 by News Staff

3I/ATLAS is only the third object of its kind ever observed, following the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov...

Jul 3, 2025 by News Staff

After the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the...

Jun 17, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) — the largest...