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New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant 'jet' shooting toward the sunNew telescope images show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is shooting a giant jet of gas and dust toward the sun. This is normal behavior for comets, an expert told Live Science.
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blastResearchers have discovered that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been shedding water, providing insights into the building blocks of life outside of our solar system and the evolution of interstellar comets.
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'Closest view' yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by Mars orbiterThe European Space Agency's ExoMars orbiter has captured the closest view yet of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The images reveal the comet's bright coma but show no signs of a tail.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may come from the mysterious frontier of the early Milky Way, new study hints
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy, new research into its trajectory hints.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be turning bright green, surprising new photos revealNew photos captured during the recent "blood moon" total lunar eclipse show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be turning green as it gets closer to the sun.
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I watched scientists view the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time. Here's what they saw.The Gemini South Observatory opened up its telescope to the public as a team of astronomers looked at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time.
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New photos of comet 3I/ATLAS reveal its tail growing before our eyes
New images reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS beginning to grow a signature tail as it zooms closer to the sun ahead of a close encounter with Earth this fall.
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually 'active', earliest NASA observations revealNASA's planet-hunting TESS telescope observed the rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS two months before it was formally "discovered," and those early observations reveal the comet is surprisingly active.
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James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLASNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears to be unusually rich in carbon dioxide.
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