Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its ...

The observation of an object disintegrating in space offers a spectacle as rare as it is instructive. Astronomers were able ...

The Sun is a harsh host for icy visitors.” That feeling, voiced by many a comet observer over the years, has seldom been better dramatized than in the recent breakup of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS). Its ...

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an ...

The object is the third interstellar visitor to our solar system ever confirmed. It will reach its closest point to Earth ...

"It's going to look different because it didn't come from our solar system and that's what makes it so magical." ...

NASA on Wednesday released new images and data of Comet 3I/ATLAS, the rare interstellar object that set off weeks of ...

While the feds idled, an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS was barnstorming the solar system, at a speed that reached 153 ...

NASA released fresh images on Wednesday of the interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a ...

After weeks of silence, NASA has officially dismissed speculation that 3I/ATLAS has anything to do with aliens.

While none of the spacecraft have cameras perfectly designed to spot comets zipping by at speeds up to about 153,000 miles per hour (246,000 kilometers per hour), astronomers didn’t want to miss what ...