NASA’s PUNCH was tracking comet SWAN when 3I/ATLAS whizzed past. Credit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered unusual chemistry in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including the first direct detection of methane on a visitor from another star system. The comet also ...

Several of NASA's space-based missions have observed Interstellar Comet 3I⧸ATLAS. As it approaches Mars, orbiters and rovers may catch a glimpse as well. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those hoping an infamous interstellar object that visited our cosmic neighborhood in 2025 was an extraterrestrial attempt to ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) instruments aboard ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft and NASA's Europa Clipper made unique observations of ...

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made another significant discovery about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: it contains methane. Researchers said on June 1, 2026, that this is the 1st time ...

3I/ATLAS may be departing our solar system, but it’s still very much on Avi Loeb’s mind. In a recent blog post, the Harvard astrophysicist noted that the comet emitted an unusual quantity of methane ...

In July 2025, astronomers spied an object at about three times Mars’ distance from our sun. And, once they had tracked its path through space, they knew it originated in another star system. 3I/ATLAS, ...

An image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by a telescope in Hawaii International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / B. Bolin Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS has much more "heavy" water than comets that formed in the solar system, according to a new study. Hans Anderson, Michigan News Our time with our interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, ...

Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) to study the composition of 3I/ATLAS, the brightest interstellar object ever seen, in detail. By measuring ...