JWST detected rising methane emissions from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, exposing ancient interior ice and offering new ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS arrived from beyond the Solar System carrying a chemical story unlike anything astronomers had measured before ...

While 3I/ATLAS is definitely a comet, its composition and age have remained unclear. Now, astronomers have solved these ...

Last year, an interstellar traveler entered our solar system. Some speculated that it was an alien spacecraft, but it turned ...

Comets have played an interesting role in the history of astronomy. Since antiquity, many cultures saw them as omens or ...

A Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien life forms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’s secretive new scientific advisory ...

A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the Trump administration to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security risks ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb argues 3I/ATLAS and other interstellar objects may hint at alien technology, drawing fame, ...

Rather than being an alien craft, 3I/ATLAS likely formed 12 billion years ago at a key moment in the early Universe ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s ...