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 ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

Watch how Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) met its demise after traveling close to the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the its fateful dive.

Gibb, E.L., Mumma, M.J., Dello Russo, N., DiSanti, M.A. and Magee-Sauer, K. (2003) Methane in Oort Cloud Comets. Icarus, 165, 391-406.

Astronomers using the powerful ALMA telescope in Chile have spotted molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—a frozen giant nearly 85 miles wide, making it the biggest active ...

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—the largest and second most distantly active comet ever ...

The Secrets of the Atlas expansion for Path of Exile has arrived, bringing with it new story content in the Atlas, new items and uniques, endgame changes, and ...