A mystery object feared to be an alien spacecraft has "unexpectedly picked up speed" as it hurtles through space — and towards Earth. The interstellar object known as 3I/ ATLAS has been bursting ...

On July 1, humanity became aware of comet 3I/ATLAS. This is only the third interstellar object known to us, even though, statistically, many thousands are flying through the Solar System as we speak; ...