On February 17, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth from 94 million miles, roughly as far as the Sun.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — We’re just days away from the arrival of a comet from outside of our solar system. On December 19, 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth after months of travel. This is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mystifying 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet is blazing toward Earth and will in a matter of days come as close to our planet as it ...

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object identified by NASA as a comet, will swing by Earth in its closest approach this week. Scientists have been tracking the comet’s grand tour of our solar system since it ...

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

Is 3I/ATLAS just a comet — or an intergalactic ark? A NASA spacecraft has discovered organic chemicals on 3I/ATLAS, which ...

The name 3I/ATLAS might be the sort of designation that briefly lights up science feeds, but the quieter fear NASA officials ...