How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far from Earth that the relative position of the stars is beginning to shift — a fact that could help future spacecraft navigate the galaxy on their own.

Interstellar Probe is a proposed mission concept for in-situ exploration of the nearby interstellar medium (NISM) and heliosphere with realistic technologies and timeframes. Employing currently ...

En route to the asteroid system Didymos, Hera will reach its closest point to Mars on March 12. It will use the gravitational pull of the Red Planet to create a slingshot effect, accelerating the ...

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar dazzled with its realism - but there’s one glaring issue hiding in plain sight. While the ...

As the spring 2025 anime season wraps up, it's time to count down the best series, including The Apothecary Diaries, Anne ...

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Once the observatory begins full operations, the 8.4-meter Simonyi Survey telescope, along with its 3.2-gigapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera the size of a car, will capture the ...