Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is passing safely through our solar system. Learn about its discovery, its distant path, and why ...

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) help astronomers identify celestial objects in the night sky? This is what a recent ...

Without the necessity of adjusting daily routines to allow for stargazing when nightfall is late, as in summer, now it is ...

When the interstellar object now known as 3I/ATLAS was discovered this summer by NASA’s ATLAS telescope in Chile, astronomers ...

Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in ...

Diagram of Jupiter's growth. Rice University. With credit to the original source.

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, were captured by two of the the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters -- ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

Researchers say the diet could help avoid 15 million premature deaths annually. Changing how the world eats could reduce premature deaths, save trillions of dollars and slow the impacts of climate ...

The striking thing about this is that repeating the procedure on the star turned up no evidence of carbon-based chemicals, even though the system is young enough that it should still have a ...