Comet 3I/ATLAS was first detected on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). As it approached the Sun, it displayed a subtle non-gravitational acceleration, ...
The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny twisting magnetic motions of energy-packed plasma waves in the sun's outer ...
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
The Vera Rubin Observatory just shared its first light and the results are wild. With a 3.2-gigapixel camera (LSST), Rubin can capture a field of view equal to ~40 full Moons per shot, streaming ~20 ...
Starlink rival Starlink Viasat, working with United Launch Alliance (ULA), is making final preparations for the launch of an ...
Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is once again visible from Earth, offering amateur astronomers a rare chance to track a ...
What: Comet 3I/ATLAS reached perihelion on October 30, 2025. This special SETI Live explored what scientists have learned ...
Two weeks ago, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was at conjunction, on the opposite side of the Sun with respect to Earth. Last week, it reached perihelion, the closest point it would ever get to the Sun.
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