SScience Read More How Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Met Unlikely ObserverMarch 25, 2026 On its way to Jupiter, ESA’s Juice spacecraft briefly turned its gaze toward a rare interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS,…
SScience Read More 3I/ATLAS is Unusually Rich in Methanol, ALMA Observations ShowMarch 9, 2026 Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected hydrogen cyanide (nitrogen-bearing organic molecule commonly seen in…
SScience Read More Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASMarch 1, 2026 The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar…
SSpace Read More Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is big. Webb sees methane.February 16, 2026 New analyses from the Hubble and Webb telescopes reveal that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS measures approximately 2.6 kilometers…
SScience Read More Rare Cosmic Lineup Gives Hubble Close Look at 3I/ATLASJanuary 28, 2026 On January 22, 2026, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS nearly perfectly aligned with…
SScience Read More 3I/ATLAS Shows Signs of Full Cometary Awakening after PerihelionJanuary 20, 2026 According to new observations by NASA’s SPHEREx mission, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has dramatically changed its behavior, developing…
SScience Read More Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien SignalsJanuary 3, 2026 In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly…
SSpace Read More VLT Reveals Detailed Spectral Portrait of 3I/ATLASDecember 31, 2025 An international team of astronomers from Chile, Europe, the United States, Canada and New Zealand has captured the…
SSpace Read More NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Captures 3I/ATLASDecember 23, 2025 Using the WISPR (Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, scientists observed the interstellar…
PPhysics Read More XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASDecember 13, 2025 Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have captured an X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to…
SSpace Read More Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of 3I/ATLASDecember 13, 2025 On November 26, 2025, astronomers used the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope at Maunakea…
SScience Read More Hubble Takes New Look at Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASDecember 5, 2025 The Hubble team has released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the…