Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large ...

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from ...

Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the ...

It's a delicate process in which science meets craftsmanship in the Chilean desert. Night after night in the dry air of Chile's Atacama Desert, fine dust and pollutants settle on the aluminum coating ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building bodies. The structures often resemble our asteroid and Kuiper belts, hinting ...

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and follow steady orbits.