A January 2026 Earth–Sun alignment allows measurements of the opposition surge from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS using ...
New SPHEREx and Hubble observations document post-perihelion changes in gas and dust emissions from interstellar object ...
A faint interstellar object detected in July 2025 has quietly reshaped how scientists and security planners view threats from ...
The recent close encounter of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with our Sun has ignited a fiery debate among astronomers. The crux of the controversy lies in conflicting data from telescopes tracking ...
Far from the bright glare of the Moon, a much smaller companion has been quietly keeping pace with Earth, looping around the ...
A recently identified asteroid is capturing astronomers' attention with its frantic race around the Sun. Discovered under unique observation conditions, this celestial body named 2025 SC79 stands out ...
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long argued that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which has puzzled astronomers since its discovery in early July, could be an enormous, alien spacecraft, measuring up to ...
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How 3I/ATLAS is spilling its secrets after the sun

The most useful times in the life of a comet are usually the ones that come after the close pass, when the light has cleared up, the geometry is better and the physics is more prone to analysis into ...