Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS lost meters of its surface, giving scientists a depth scale for its chemistry
Spectroscopy can reveal which gases and refractory species leave a comet, but those measurements do not by themselves…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be a fragment of a 12-billion-year-old planetary system
As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS moved away from the Sun in December 2025, an international team led by Martin…
How interstellar objects reach Earth and where they are most likely to land |
Interstellar objects moving through the Solar System represent a rare but scientifically valuable population of visitors that originate…