I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

Caltech scientists have found a fast and efficient way to add up large numbers of Feynman diagrams, the simple drawings ...

Researchers have called for the public's help after an image appears to show an unidentified object slamming into Saturn.

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a thunderstorm moves through an ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists, BBC reports. Named 3I/Atlas, it may be three billion years older than our ...

Materials science articles from across Nature Portfolio Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials ...

Yesterday’s rugged flashlights can move aside. There’s an upgraded version in town, thanks to advancements in science and ...

Educators say that they're mixing new approaches with the curricula and teaching strategies they've previously used, a new ...