China’s Tianwen-1 Captures Rare Close-Up Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
An artist’s impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss China’s Tianwen-1…
APOD: 2026 July 17 – The Dust Trail of Comet Tempel 2
APOD: 2026 July 17 – The Dust Trail of Comet Tempel 2 Discover the cosmos! Each day a…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 3I/ATLAS, the third…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is 12 Billion Years Old, Almost Three Times Older Than the Solar System
Credit: ESA. One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have…
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Reveals Strange Chemistry Beyond Our Solar System
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July…
Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Using the spectral data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have…
APOD: 2026 May 21 – A Collision of Galaxy Clusters
APOD: 2026 May 21 – A Collision of Galaxy Clusters Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
NASA’s Hubble Accidentally Witnesses a Comet Shattering in Space
Hubble accidentally captured a comet in the middle of breaking apart, an event scientists have tried for years…
Interstellar Comet Gave Scientists Their First Taste of Alien Water
The Hubble Space Telescope imaged 3I/ATLAS on 30 November 2025 when it was 286 million kilometers from Earth.…
Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 To Make Very Close Flyby Of Earth
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers…