Eventually, we'll launch a mission dedicated solely to studying an interstellar object. When that day comes, which one should ...

Last year, an interstellar traveler entered our solar system. Some speculated that it was an alien spacecraft, but it turned ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS arrived from beyond the Solar System carrying a chemical story unlike anything astronomers had measured before ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas in the coma of comet 3I/ATLAS, marking the first time this ...

During last year’s brief visit from the comet 3I/ATLAS, astronomers got an extremely rare glimpse into the cosmos beyond our ...

July 6, 2026 Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien ...

Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) to study the composition of ...

They say that you can’t go home again; in this movie, a young filmmaker learns that the hard way. By Glenn Kenny Ross McElwee (“Sherman’s March”) reconsiders footage of himself and his family, ...

Dec. 16, 2024 Recent measurements with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cast doubt on the current understanding of the exoplanet Trappist-1 b's nature. Until now, it was assumed to be a dark ...

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid’s strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help defend the planet against potentially threatening space rocks ...

Observations of the fast-moving interstellar comet with the Very Large Telescope in Chile support similar observations made by the JWST.