I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.

However, the Italy-based The Virtual Telescope Project will give one last live peek at the exocomet as it cruises toward the Jovian moon Eupheme and eventually leaves the solar system. The live event ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The ...

We’ve found lots of “habitable” worlds but we don’t know what factors are needed for life. There are lots of reasons to search for planets around other stars—exoplanets. A big one is to find other ...

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be another nail in the coffin for the Planet Nine hypothesis. When you purchase ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

A mysterious object hurtling through space has been identified as a rare “interstellar object,” only the third of its kind ever seen. In July, NASA reported its ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star. Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a solar system beyond our own for the first time. An international team of ...

Scientists have just discovered a rare interstellar object hurtling through the solar system, and it's expected to make its closest approach to Earth on October 30. Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...