Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System - Scientists say comet represents ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

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

Space scientists have released a new image of the enigmatic space rock that traveled through our solar system. Researchers revealed the photograph shows the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS - speculated to ...

Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered a comet soaring through our sky that was not from our solar system. Although we still don't know where this interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS came from, ...

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a sigh of relief. Echoing what NASA officials have long said, a team of ...

Scientists confirmed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which passed closest to Earth in December 2025, showed no detectable technosignatures strong enough to suggest it is an alien spacecraft.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from interstellar space to pass through our solar system, is about to make its closest approach to Earth. On Friday, Dec. 19, it will come within about 170 ...

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The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech. The SETI Institute said ...