The cosmological principle predicts uniformity, and the CMB dipole reflects our 370 km/s motion that radio counts should ...
3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...
From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet ...
Our solar system is a passenger on a galactic rollercoaster. Part 2 reveals how the Sun, carrying Earth, orbits the Milky Way's core at 491,000 mph, completing a circuit every 230 million years. We ...
Comet‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ 3I/ATLAS is just the third object that we know of that has been observed to pass through our solar system ...
Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...
I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar object ...
In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth ...
The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...
Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our sun millions of years ago.
The comet—only the third known interstellar visitor to our solar system—will make its closest approach of the Earth this week.
A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within ...