Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

Astronomers have detected a massive gamma-ray explosion coming from outside the galaxy. The explosion's origins and power are ...

Hayabusa2 visited the 900-metre asteroid Ryugu in 2018, returning samples to Earth in 2020. The spacecraft is now on an ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...

WISPIT 2b was detected as part of a five-year observational research project during which the international team sought to establish whether wide orbit gas giant planets were more common around ...

Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter.

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Galway, has hailed the "remarkable ...

A galaxy proto-supercluster was discovered using VIMOS instrument of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The astronomers who discovered it have nicknamed the bohemoth “Hyperion.” It has been visualized here.

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. For several ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter. What's more, the find represents the first clear detection of ...