To determine whether the 3I/ATLAS comet is a technological or natural object, Loeb created a new scale that goes from zero to ...

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news earlier in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside of Earth's solar system. But is 3I/ATLAS definitely an icy comet? A trio of researchers that most ...

"At the moment, Punctum truly stands apart — it doesn't fit comfortably into any known category," said Shablovinskaia. "And ...

Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...

A strange interstellar object is hurtling its way toward our pale blue dot — and according to a Harvard astronomer, there's a chance it's not a benign asteroid or comet, but instead some harmful form ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news earlier in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside of Earth's solar system. But is 3I/ATLAS definitely an icy comet? A trio of researchers that most ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense". The ...