I/ATLAS is set to reach its closest point to the Sun on Wednesday (October 29), at around 11:47 Universal Time (UT). The ...
The first letter "I" in the name indicates the "interstellar" nature of the comet, which emphasizes its peculiarity and ...
About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday reached its closest point to the Sun, a point known as perihelion. Although this ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...
The 3I/ATLAS comet was first spotted in July near Jupiter after it entered our solar system from another universe. Here’s ...
The post New Research Suggests There Are Numerous “Dark” Planetary Systems Out There That Never Had A Star To Orbit So They ...
Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.
Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...
Our solar system and galaxy were the first objects of study for what was going on in the universe. Among the various ...
The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.