A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

I/ATLAS isn't just fascinating because it is the third interstellar visitor found in the solar system; new research suggests ...

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered by a British astronomer is most likely the oldest comet ever seen. The "water ...

A week and a half after its discovery, there are clues about the origin and age of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS – and ...