The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now reaching its closest point to the sun, or perihelion, on Wednesday, according to NASA.

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

Time is running short for scientists hoping to collect data from 3I/Atlas, a massive interstellar object hurtling away from ...

Though NASA confirms that 3I/ATLAS poses no immediate threat to Earth, its unusual trajectory and behaviour have stirred ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected glowing nickel vapor surrounding the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, challenging our understanding of chemical processes at extreme distances from ...

UN launches a global planetary-defence campaign as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS speeds past Earth, sparking both scientific ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...

Asteroid 2025 TP5, discovered just two days before its approach, will fly past Earth on October 15 at a dangerously close ...

The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...