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3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...
The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...
I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...
A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...
The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...
On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...
NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...
Liftoff of the IMAP missions on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted for September 23, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
During September's total lunar eclipse, astronomers captured rare images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS glowing green, ...
New observations by the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachón in Chile revealed that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS' tail is ...
There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...
The United States is taking giant leaps towards investing in space-based solar power. This move carries with it a wealth of ...