It’s probe-ably nothing. The newly discovered Manhattan-sized interstellar object zooming through our solar system has been identified as a comet — but two Harvard scientists argue there is reason to ...
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — which is zooming through our inner solar system — appears to be emitting its own light, according to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. The observation by Loeb, if ...
A Harvard astronomer is suggesting that an interstellar object nearing Earth could be an engineered object — rather than a natural one — after making similar claims in in 2023 and 2017. "The ...
3I/ATLAS first made news in July when scientists confirmed it as the third-ever observed interstellar interloper in our solar system. The space object further attracted the public's fascination again ...
Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...
Rumors of an incoming alien attack invaded some social media feeds in late July 2025 after the New York Post published an article about a potential "alien probe." While the article only said the ...
A newly captured image has provided an unprecedented view of the third interstellar object to pass through our solar system, sparking excitement in the astronomical community. The object, identified ...
The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21). The Hubble Space Telescope has caught its first glimpse of ...
"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and preserved throughout its interstellar journey." A team of scientists has found the ...