The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to our world Dec. 19. According to NASA, people will be able to ...
The comet will come much closer to Jupiter in March, zipping within 33 million miles. It will be the mid-2030s before it ...
Telescopes across the globe will track it so that astronomers can determine its exact location and make predictions about ...
A stray comet from another star is swinging past Earth. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass ...
The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close. Interstellar ...
Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles of our planet on Friday. That's as ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to Earth on December 19, giving astronomers a closer look at the ...
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NASA’s close-up look at interstellar comet 3I/Atlas

NASA Scientist Tom Statler termed it “a window into the deep past,” and the phrase has rapidly become the emotional center of the scientific campaign surrounding comet 3I/Atlas. This third confirmed ...
The European Space Agency's X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 3 December for around ...
In the spirit of the season, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is changing color as it leaves the sun behind — shifting from a ...
On 19 December 2025, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will at long last make its closest approach to Earth. This event, along with ...
Principal researcher James Bauer says observations from the International Asteroid Warning Network will help experts better understand how to send spacecraft to comets in the future ...