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Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another ...

The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...

The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object ...

Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.