While its origins are uncertain, the comet is thought to come from a part of the Milky Way populated by some of the galaxy’s oldest stars. While its age has not been confirmed, if 31/ATLAS really did ...

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

The study was recently presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Durham, England where researchers revealed that the comet may have originated from the Milky Way 's ...

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system.

What can a newly discovered interstellar comet teach scientists about solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the Na | Space ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

How does a 15-kilometer-wide comet, moving at 152,000 miles per hour, slip into our solar system undetected until a global ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Credit: A Rainbow Mosaic of the Rosette and the Christmas Tree Nebulae © Shaoyu Zhang Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy ...

A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and ...

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