China’s Tianwen-1 Captures Rare Close-Up Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
An artist’s impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss China’s Tianwen-1…
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
APOD: 2026 June 11 – The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Reveals Strange Chemistry Beyond Our Solar System
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July…
Interstellar Comet Gave Scientists Their First Taste of Alien Water
The Hubble Space Telescope imaged 3I/ATLAS on 30 November 2025 when it was 286 million kilometers from Earth.…
Meteor shower, comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, and a ‘blue’ moon: What’s in the sky in May
The beginning of May heralds the peak of the annual Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The Eta Aquariids usually…
Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid
This composite image shows the 2019 Geminid meteors and a meteorite-dropping fireball captured by a camera on La…
Comet to delight New Zealand stargazers, if it survives close encounter with the sun
The website earthsky.org reports that R3 will be at its closest to Earth on April 26, when it…
Rare Interstellar Comet To Shine In Skies After 170,000 Years: Here’s How To Watch
A rare celestial event is set to capture attention as an interstellar comet makes its way through the…
2026 April 14 – The Long Wispy Tail of Comet R3 (PanSTARRS)
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with…
3I/ATLAS is Unusually Rich in Methanol, ALMA Observations Show
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected hydrogen cyanide (nitrogen-bearing organic molecule commonly seen in…
Juice Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar…
New Comet Just Spotted: C/2026 A1 (MAPS) Might Set Britain’s Spring Sky on Fire!
A newly discovered comet is racing towards an extremely close encounter with the Sun, and while the odds…