Astronomers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville may have found the closest evidence yet of a hidden clump of dark matter near the Sun. Led by astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti, the research ...

Astronomers have uncovered what looks like the sharpest evidence so far that a dense clump of dark matter is lurking surprisingly close to the Sun. By treating rapidly spinning stellar corpses as ...

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

“It’s very slow, but over billions of years, it’s a very strong effect.” That is the main surprise of the observations of the ...

As it slips back into deep space, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is behaving in ways that defy expectations. Instead of ...

A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from United States national security planners, not because of its economic promise, but because of the technical problems it is ...

New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened ...

The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is not just another icy visitor cutting across the night sky. As it hurtles through the inner solar system, ...

The latest data from the Webb telescope (reported here) indicates that the plume of gas and dust surrounding 3I/ATLAS ...

Bright streaks in the night sky aren't always meteors. With more and more satellites overhead, it's getting harder to tell ...