The visitor from the stars, designated 3I/Atlas, is likely the largest yet detected, and has been classified as a comet, or ...

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.

Interstellar object headed towards Mars, but poses no threat to Earth, says head of planetary defence at the ESA.

Update: NASA has confirmed the object is an interstellar comet and says it has been officially named 3I/ATLAS.

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers may have found a third interstellar ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

Classified as a comet, 3I/Atlas was first spotted on Tuesday by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey in Hawaii. Subsequent analysis ...

An object that appears to be from beyond our Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which if confirmed would ...

Scientists believe that many more such objects regularly pass by the Earth, with a number of them flying relatively near to ...

The object was first noticed by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), with further observations ...

Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...