Update: July 3, 09:24 a.m. ET: On Wednesday, July 2, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center confirmed that an interstellar object is traveling through our solar system.

The new interstellar object candidate A11pl3Z remotely imaged on July 2nd using iTelescope.Net in Chile. Credit: Filipp Romanov. Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup.

A11pl3Z was first noticed by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Earlier images of the object caught by ATLAS, but not spotted at the time, have since been found in ...

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third ...

If A11pl3Z is a space rock, it's surprisingly massive compared to the other two interstellar objects that have passed by Earth. However, scientists don't project that the mystery object will get ...

The object, dubbed "A11pl3Z" or "3I/ATLAS," spans approximately 25 miles, Josep Trigo-Rodriguez, as astrophysicist at the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, told The Associated Press.

NASA Confirms third known interstellar visitor The object, initially designated A11pl3Z, was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile.

Astronomers have detected 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object identified, traveling at approximately 240,000 km/h towards the Sun. Its high velocity suggests an origin outside our solar system ...

Is the solar system an interstellar highway, with cosmic objects speeding past at warp speeds without human notice? That’s ...

The object was first detected as A11pl3Z, but once confirmed as interstellar, it was renamed. Richard Moissl, who works on planetary defense at the European Space Agency, said it won’t hit Earth.