NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope mission viewed 3I/ATLAS in December 2025, when researchers believed the brightening occurred due to a phenomenon associated with comets as they vent water, carbon ...

Astronomers have observed a rare event in the solar system, a comet slowing its rotation and then spinning in the opposite direction.Comet 41P/Tuttle-.

The period of maximum eclipse will occur at 7:12 a.m. EST (1212 GMT) on Feb. 17, according to Time and Date, when the moon ...

Energy is fundamentally important—researchers have linked a lack of reliable energy to poor physical health, poor mental ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Analysis of asteroid Bennu samples suggests life's building blocks formed in frozen outer Solar System, not warm asteroid interiors.

Scientists suggest that the amino acids found on the asteroid Bennu did not require warm, liquid water to form, as previously assumed.

As part of an effort to bring the study of space radiation in-house, SpaceX is now developing its own particle accelerator in Florida.

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets of worlds we may never see directly.