The rare comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, is set to make its closest approach to Earth on December 19. This article provides tips on how to observe this cosmic spectacle.

Avi Loeb (AL): A comet is defined as an object that sheds dust and gas as a result of the illumination of pockets of ice on ...

The HAP-alpha high-altitude solar aircraft has completed key ground testing at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

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Before the ribbon cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by Westfield High School Astronomy Club members Krystyna Goulette and Kaitlyn Goulette — ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

Our Sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

It turns out Earth isn’t just spinning through space; we’ve also got a hidden feature many people don’t know about—a tail. A ...

An interstellar comet making a brief passage through the solar system has triggered one of the largest coordinated astronomical observation efforts in recent memory. Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...