CIA issues “can’t confirm or deny” response on 3I/ATLAS nature When the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS was first detected in July last year, it quickly escaped the quiet, technical orbit usually reserved for distant comets. It was only the third confirmed visitor from outside the Solar System, but its behaviour invited far more attention […]
Interstellar objects usually pass through quietly, noticed only by a small group of astronomers before fading back into deep space. Comet 3I/ATLAS has followed a different path. Even as it moves away from Earth and heads out of the solar system, it keeps offering scientists new details to puzzle over. Recent observations suggest this visitor […]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, it refused to sit neatly in the “just another […]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, it refused to sit neatly in the “just another […]
Comet 3I/ATLAS reveals glowing coma, plasma and dust tails from ESA’s Juice mission/ Image: European Space Agency Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has made a kind of second career out of being the person in the room who refuses to leave “aliens” off the table. With 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever spotted passing […]
A new set of deep-space images has reignited one of the strangest scientific arguments of 2025. The photos show sideways jet-like lines shooting out from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Their geometry is so unusual that Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says they may not be natural at all.Some astronomers insist the object is simply a weird […]
NASA is preparing to showcase new imagery of the interstellar comet 3I ATLAS, offering the public a closer look at one of the rarest visitors to our solar system. The comet, which was discovered by the ATLAS observatory earlier this year, is only the third confirmed object to enter our solar system from elsewhere in […]
The mysterious comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) has become one of the most exciting astronomical discoveries of the decade. Officially confirmed in July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile, the object is only the third known interstellar visitor to pass through our Solar System—after the famous ʻOumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov […]
Professor Brian Cox has moved to shut down growing online theories claiming that an interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, could be an alien spacecraft approaching Earth. The astrophysicist, known for his accessible explanations of complex science, urged the public to rely on verified research rather than “drivel” circulating on social media. His response comes amid mounting speculation […]
