ESA’s Mars orbiters have observed comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar comet ever discovered. The faint, distant ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

The European Space Agency's two Mars orbiters take their shot at getting pictures of the exotic interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

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The images offer the closest view yet of comet 3I/ATLAS, famous for being only the third known interstellar object to pass ...

The European Space Agency also hoped to observe the interstellar object during its close approach to Mars using two ...

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The images taken by two Mars orbiters show a bright, fuzzy white dot of the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, appearing to move ...

Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...

A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and ...

3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to whoosh through our solar system, after 1I/ʻOumuamua (discovered in ...

3I/ATLAS is named for its status as one of three interstellar objects ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as ...