Professor Avi Loeb, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist from Harvard University, told MailOnline why he thinks a new ...

A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and ...

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...

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

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