Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

New observations of 3I/ATLAS provide real data that scientists are using to evaluate asteroid behavior ahead of Apophis’ 2029 ...

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One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

NASA is also tracking a building-sized asteroid named “2025 YC3”, with a diameter of around 260 feet, and another bus-sized one known as “2025 XT7,” some 42 feet across. Both are expected to come with ...

In a similar vein, the 2023 source, cs2, recently emerged from another rare yet sizable asteroid collision. The impact poofed ...

Ever since 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object was discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact ...

It’s also not because the object poses any threat to Earth. In fact, 3I/Atlas will never pass closer than about 1.8 times the Earth’s distance from the sun. The real reason is rarity. 3I/Atlas is only ...

This week marks the last chance for backyard astronomers to see interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS before it races on its journey ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

Principal researcher James Bauer says observations from the International Asteroid Warning Network will help experts better understand how to send spacecraft to comets in the future ...