When astronomers first cataloged some of the closest orbiting rocky exoplanets, they wrote them off as bare, airless cinders, ...

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Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

Researchers used the Green Bank Telescope to study the interstellar comet and found that it exhibits typical cometary behavior, with no unusual features detected ...

Scientists have been fascinated by the third interstellar object to ever known to visit our solar system that is revealing more and more surprising secrets. 3I/ATLAS was discovered this summer on 1 ...

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The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space telescopes and orbiters have been documenting the rare visit. A mysterious ...

A rare interstellar comet will make its closest approach to Earth this week, offering scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study material from outside our solar system. For astronomers, ...

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A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.