NASA's SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.
A comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák astonished astronomers by almost halting its rotation and then spinning in the opposite direction. Observed through the Hubble Space Telescope, the comet’s rotation ...
Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen ...
Sixty-million tons of produce is destined for the landfill every year. The U.S. Agriculture Department says food waste accounts for up to 40% of the total food supply.
When NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a sharp image of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, it handed ...
A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...
The European Space Agency's billion-dollar Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer has shifted its focus to an extraordinary cosmic intruder, a comet originating from beyond our solar system. Juice, which launched ...
Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS ...
'LHS 1903 breaks this thinking.' ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has shifted from a routine curiosity to a physics puzzle, as NASA and other teams report that ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...