We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...
Voyager 1 has been exploring the cosmos for decades, but when it reached the edge of the solar system, it found something ...
Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...
3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the ...
NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.
A massive interstellar object is racing through our solar system at breakneck speed, and scientists are scrambling to ...
What can a newly discovered interstellar comet teach scientists about solar system formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the National Astronomy Meeting 2025 hopes to ...
Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside our Sun and planets around 4.5 billion years ago. But every now and then, ...
As Universe Today reports, scientists have worked back the trajectory of the comet, known as 3I/ATLAS, back to what they believe to be its origin point, the galactic thick disk. 85% of the galaxy's ...
A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveal that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and ...