Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a visitor older than the Sun, has stunned scientists with a colossal, puzzling X-ray cloud larger than the Earth-Moon distance. Why does this alien object glow?

As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS races toward its closest pass by our planet, astronomers are fixated on a peculiar feature ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Hawaii’s Gemini North telescope has captured new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with a green glow as it remerges from ...

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For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

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Scientists have been fascinated by the third interstellar object to ever known to visit our solar system that is revealing more and more surprising secrets. 3I/ATLAS was discovered this summer on 1 ...