After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...

Comet 3I/Atlas may be the oldest spotted so far and should be visible through amateur telescopes in just a few weeks' time.

The object is big – possibly as wide 12 miles, larger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs – and is speeding ...

As 3I/ATLAS approaches the sun, astronomers expect its frozen ices to sublimate, releasing gas and forming a glowing coma and ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System.

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...