Comet L4 PANSTARRS on May 27 when Earth cut directly through the comet's orbital plane giving us an edge-on view through the broad but narrow cloud of dust shed by the comet over the past few months.

Australians will have their only chance to spy a newly discovered blue-green comet scorching past Earth during the next fortnight – coinciding with the flashy peak of a meteor shower – before the ...

Is the gas giant about to have a close encounter of the 3I kind? Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claims that 3I/ATLAS’ bizarre trajectory suggests that it’s sending “satellites” to Jupiter to gather intel ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is cutting across the solar system on a trajectory that does not quite match expectations, threading past the giant planets in a way that has planetary scientists recalculating what ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer have captured fresh images of an interstellar comet as the object nears its closest approach to Earth later this month. Comet 3I/ATLAS has ...