Astronomers studying the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS say new observations from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii ...

He highlighted several other features he considers unlikely for a natural object, including the comet's trajectory . Loeb wrote that its path is aligned with the plane of the planets to within five ...

The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth on Friday, offering scientists a rare ...

Astronomers are preparing for a rare observational opportunity as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to ...

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system. Despite some suggestions that it could be an alien spacecraft, observations from some ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest Earth pass early on Dec. 19. Here's what astronomers know about its origin and speed.

A Harvard University astrophysicist has sparked a furious debate by warning he cannot rule out that extraterrestrials are ...

We saw similar things in a previous interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov, and in some solar system comets.” “The idea that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spacecraft is simply nonsense. There’s nothing about it ...

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I do so love an ostentatious comet. As I wrote in a recent “The Universe” column, when these dusty ice balls are billions of kilometers from the sun, they’re frozen solid. But as they near our star on ...

A Harvard astronomer is making waves by suggesting that a massive interstellar object hurtling through our solar system might be an alien spacecraft. Professor Avi Loeb, who also serves as director of ...

Astronomers have been scanning the skies for alien radio signals for decades, but so far they’ve heard nary a peep (with one possible exception). But according to a recent study, that could be because ...