A rare interstellar object is hurtling toward the sun and, despite viral claims, experts say it's just a normal comet, although it's showing some unexpected behavior. 3I/Atlas marks the third ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...

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"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Mundane wayward space snowball, or extraterrestrial visitor? Astronomers believe that our solar system’s latest and only third ever confirmed interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is almost certainly a ...

Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third of ...

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be an interstellar object passing through the solar system. At twice as wide as Mount Everest is tall, A11pl3Z (now called 3I/ATLAS and C/2025 N1) would ...

An interstellar object has been spotted zipping through our solar system, and amateur and professional astronomers around the world are now racing to train their telescopes in its direction, allowing ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Pascal Kiszon / Getty. OpenAI’s explanation about the ChatGPT update suggests that the company can effectively adjust some dials and turn down the sycophancy. But ...