Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.

Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to make astonishing headlines, thanks to new findings from astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This new research reveals that 3I/ATLAS ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS is well on its way back into deep space, but the famous cosmic visitor continues to fascinate astronomers. Since its discovery in July 2025, researchers have spent months observing ...

Learn how ALMA observations revealed unusually high levels of methanol in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and what the molecule’s chemistry may reveal about how icy bodies form around other stars.

Could Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) be the next "Great Comet"? Discovered in January, this sungrazing comet may be visible in broad daylight this April.

The observations revealed that the comet contains extraordinarily high levels of methanol compared with hydrogen cyanide, a pattern rarely seen in comets formed within our own Solar System.

Scientists detect alcohol on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The strange discovery could reveal secrets about alien solar systems and cosmic chemistry.

This striking image from the science camera on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) shows interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ...

This newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), a rare Kreutz sungrazer, could blaze brightly in early April — or it could disintegrate entirely. Here's what to know.

The interstellar comet holds more alcohol than almost all known comets in the solar system.

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope detected water vapor and carbon-rich molecules from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after it ...