Solar system ‘time capsule’ meteorite hunt underway in Scotland
Hikers in Scotland are being asked to assist scientists in a “race against time” to recover fragments of…
Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
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What We Know about Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
After 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be turning bright green, surprising new photos reveal
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1st known interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua is an ‘exo-Pluto’ — a completely new class of object, scientists say
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Is There Actually A Ninth Planet In Our Solar System? Here’s What We Know
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn’t by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by…
Don’t Miss A ‘Planet Parade’ This Weekend Amid Aurora And ‘Blood Moon’
Topline An imminent “blood moon” total lunar eclipse and a rare display of the Northern Lights in the…
Asteroid Fragment Reveals a Strange Mineral Never Seen on Earth
The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered…
World’s largest digital camera likely to discover interstellar objects, millions of asteroids
For a telescope designed to create the largest movie of the night sky, one small comet shooting through…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious New World at Edge of the Solar System
A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly discovered…
Study Reveals Cause of Potentially Damaging Electrical Discharges on Satellites
Using data collected by sensors on the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STP-Sat6) in…
The Night Sky This Week
The ‘Blood Worm Moon’ total lunar eclipse is seen above Austin, TX on March 14, 2025. (Photo by…