Russia is no longer content with short lunar flybys or one-off landers. Its space agency now wants to anchor a permanent ...

A new approach to solar energy and recycling could soon change the way food is grown. At UNC Asheville, researchers are ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...

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 ...

While the comet will remain visible to telescopes for several months, tonight marks the moment it is nearest to Earth, making ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday. New X-ray images could shed light on its composition.

The NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Chile found the comet on July 1. The comet was not visible as it raced behind the ...

On December 19, avid skywatchers can catch a glimpse of the mysterious visitor through powerful binoculars or a telescope when it’s around 170 million miles from our home planet ...

Oceans hiding within the crusts of distant moons are tantalizing targets for scientists looking for life beyond Earth ...

Unlike YR4, finding earlier observations of 3I/ATLAS to model where it might have come from was easier said than done. During its July 1, 2025 detection, the interstellar object happened to be moving ...

"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer ...

A month before arriving at its destination, NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), led by Princeton's ...