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

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever ...

Scientists found new evidence (or lack thereof) disproving the conspiracy theory that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is alien technology.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon reach its closest distance to Earth, so this may be our last, best chance to see this rare object before it heads back out into the universe, never to return. One ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a sigh ...

COMET 3I/ATLAS was approximately 169,150,000 miles away traveling at approximately 125,000 mph when I imaged it early morning 12/20/25 . It was one day past its closest point of approach to Earth.

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NASA's shock discovery as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS blasts out pristine ices at 153,000mph, reigniting alien theories and cosmic questions.

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.