Comet 3I/ATLAS has captivated astronomers and space enthusiasts alike as it streaks through our solar system, revealing secrets of its ancient journey through the Milky Way. Recent observations from ...

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A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.

I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system. Telescope observations suggest it is a roughly 7-mile-wide (11 kilometers) comet zooming at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

The comet – named 3I/ ATLAS – was discovered this summer and led to excitement because it appears to be an interstellar comet ...

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