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The space agency got a close look at the interstellar visitor over the past few months as it zipped by Mars and the sun ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view ...

NASA released a trove of never-before-seen images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, unveiling new characteristics of the ...

As far as physical features, NASA says 3I/ATLAS has speed, color, and direction that are, “consistent with what we’d expect from a comet.” It has an icy nucleus and a coma—a bright cloud of gas and ...

NASA officials dismissed theories that the interstellar 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spaceship while dropping new photos of the ...

The long-awaited photos, snapped by multiple NASA spacecraft between September and mid-October, show a tiny, glowing orb encircled by a hazy halo of gas and dust, hurtling through space about 190 ...

While none of the spacecraft have cameras perfectly designed to spot comets zipping by at speeds up to about 153,000 miles per hour (246,000 kilometers per hour), astronomers didn’t want to miss what ...

Because this comet is so rare, NASA is utilizing multiple spacecraft and telescopes to observe it. Since its discovery on July 1, twelve NASA missions have already taken pictures of it. More missions ...

The unusual comet—which is to pass Earth again in the coming weeks—is only the third known object to visit us from outside ...

American space agency NASA revealed it already used 12 major space assets to track and study the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet.