A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting ...
An astronomer has snapped comet 3I/ATLAS using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, as well as his own small telescope. The new photos are believed to be the first optical ...
A pair of space probes cruising the solar system may be able to pass through the tail of the mysterious Manhattan-sized comet ...
Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...
"We study cometary bodies because they act as time capsules, sealing in material from their formation billions of years ago." ...
In 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman discovered the mysterious “Wow! Signal” — a powerful radio burst from deep space at the hydrogen line frequency. Nearly five decades later, scientists believe the newly ...
Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lost contact with a probe orbiting Venus last year and officially calls it quits on the mission.