On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space traveler had one very special quality: its orbit showed it had come from ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An unexpected visitor to our solar system spotted earlier this month might be a piece of alien technology—that is, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Alien probes could be hiding among us in plain sight as we search for them in the wrong places. This is the theory of ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for astronomers to study an object born a long time ago in a star system far, far away.

3I/ATLAS, a mysterious interstellar object racing toward the Sun, is baffling scientists with its speed and origin. Some researchers suggest it could even be alien-made, drawing comparisons to probes ...

Mankind must decide how it’s going to deal with contact with extraterrestrials — and time could be running out, one expert warned — after he sounded the alarm that an incoming interstellar object ...