Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare interstellar object is hurtling toward the sun and, despite viral claims, experts say it's just a normal comet, although it ...

In early October, something incredible happened in our Solar System. The third confirmed interstellar object, known as 3I/ATLAS, made a close flyby of Mars. Interstellar objects are space rocks or ...

Astronomers are preparing for a rare cosmic event on January 22, when interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will align closely with Earth and the Sun, passing within just 0.69 degrees of the Sun-Earth axis.