The comet contains higher levels of this simple alcohol than almost all known comets from our solar system.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is the gift that keeps on giving. A snapshot of the space that lies beyond the solar system, it brings clues to other stars, other worlds and the galaxy we call home. Just ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was the third object ever discovered in our solar system that originated from another star system. Despite a viral conspiracy theory, NASA officials have repeatedly ...

We've watched it speed through the solar system using the most powerful telescopes in human history. We've studied its light with probes whipping around the sun and robots marooned on Mars. Countless ...

The Princeton-led NASA mission has officially begun its science mission to study the sun and everything it touches. Princeton ...

A recent image shared by the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) reveals a close-up view of the ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaving our solar system. See new photos from a European Space Agency orbiter on its way ...

Astronomers using ALMA have found large quantities of methanol in comet 3I/ATLAS, making it one of the most alcohol-rich ...

An international team of scientists has examined dust grains gathered by the NASA Stardust spacecraft and brought back to Earth – and has discovered that they originated in the interstellar dust ...