The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.
As the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our solar system, 3I/ATLAS is prime for new discoveries. It was ...
The widely talked about Comet 3I/ATLAS will pass by the sun on Thursday, but it will be December before stargazers can get a ...
Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...
For nearly five decades, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have ventured farther than any other human-made object, pushing ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...
Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...
Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS — which scientists suspect could have extraterrestrial origins — will reach its closest ...
Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.
I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just ...
A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these ...
A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...