I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar object ...
A recent groundbreaking discovery by China’s Chang’e-6 mission has unveiled a surprising find on the far side of the Moon, ...
NASA’s Hubble Telescope observed repeated asteroid collisions in Fomalhaut’s planetary system, identifying debris clouds cs1 ...
Everyone's favorite interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, flew past Earth overnight, coming within about 168 million miles (270 million kilometers) of our planet.
Every December, Earth plows through a dusty lane of debris in space, and the night becomes illuminated by streaks of meteors.
Today is one astronomers, stargazers and alien conspiracy theorists have been waiting for: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is as ...
The educator and broadcaster on the search for life beyond Earth, what we might gain from mining on the Moon — and how to divert a killer asteroid ...
3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS safely passed Earth this morning as it continues its brief trip through our solar system.
The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas will make a rare close approach to Earth on 19 December, giving astronomers and stargazers a ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, collecting rare data as the ancient object made ...
In 1994, the fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet smashed into Jupiter with a force equal to 300 million atomic bombs.