Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

As a joke, she labelled it LGM 1 for “Little Green Men”, but the astronomers working on it did not really believe they had ...

I/ATLAS is an interstellar object — the third known visitor from beyond our solar system — now sweeping past the Sun on a one ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just made its closest pass of the sun, setting it on an outgoing path — but it’s not leaving our cosmic ...

Should we prepare for alien invasion? The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is travelling through our solar system on a hyperbolic path. Scientists observe its odd behaviour, debate its origin and monitor ...

For nearly five decades, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have ventured farther than any other human-made object, pushing ...

James Webb Space Telescope observations show interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a 50-65 foot irradiated crust formed by billions of years of cosmic ray exposure. Research posted to arXiv indicates the co ...

On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the Sun.Author Laura Nicole Driessen Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii, marks the third recorded interstellar object, following the discoveries of ...

Welcome to SolarBalls, where you can enjoy fun space animations that entertain and educate about the solar system and the ...

A massive comet known as 3I/ATLAS that was first discovered zooming across the solar system over the summer showed signs of ...

In 1992, Nani Palkhivala delivered the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture, outlining Patel’s enduring relevance and his role in ...