Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long argued that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which has puzzled astronomers since its discovery in early July, could be an enormous, alien spacecraft, measuring up to ...
A recently identified asteroid is capturing astronomers' attention with its frantic race around the Sun. Discovered under unique observation conditions, this celestial body named 2025 SC79 stands out ...
A rare interstellar object, newly designated 3I/ATLAS, is currently sweeping through the solar system, NASA has confirmed. This is only the third confirmed visitor from beyond our solar system — a ...
Space keeps surprising us and sometimes, the surprises look like cosmic fireworks. That’s exactly what might have happened with 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object to ever enter our ...
Earth has a new friend — and it’s been waiting for us to notice it for decades. In a new study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, astronomers report the ...
Astronomers have discovered a 2,300-foot-wide (700 meters) asteroid hidden in the sun's glare, and it’s whizzing through our solar system at a near record-breaking pace. The skyscraper-size asteroid, ...
New shocking images show that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has suddenly shrunk by 13% after it passed close to the Sun last month, according to NASA. NASA scientists confirmed this unusual loss of ...
New SPHEREx and Hubble observations document post-perihelion changes in gas and dust emissions from interstellar object ...
The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...
Comet C/2024 E1, better known as Wierzchos, is skimming past the Sun in a tight, blazing turn that will fling it back toward ...