The Latest Breaking News from Mars

ESA's ExoMars orbiter has tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at unprecedented speed, refining its trajectory and offering vital lessons for planetary defence.

New observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reveal mysterious X-shaped jets and possible mini-objects drifting away from the nucleus, raising questions about whether the visitor is breaking apart.

NASA's treasure trove of new comet 3I/ATLAS images provides hotly anticipated views of the interstellar visitor, including from Mars and the sun.

NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet.

The Perseverance rover from NASA captured a strange boulder that does not seem to come from the planet.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) two satellites and several NASA spacecraft at and near Mars zoomed in on the comet as it passed the red planet just 29 million kilometres away last month.

From Blood Incantation to Dvne, Slift and Psychonaut, there’s been an influx of rising bands fascinated by the outer reaches. We blast off into the space metal scene to find out why.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, third visitor to our system, is pure ice—no technosignatures, says NASA on 19 November 2025. From July discovery to October Mars flyby, images reveal natural quirks

NASA released close-up images of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, only the third known visitor from another star, after it passed near Mars. The closest the comet will come to Earth is 269 million kilometres in mid-December. Then it will hightail it back into interstellar space, never to return.