NASA estimates we have 6,000 planets outside our solar system | National
(NASA Goddard via SWNS) The official number of planets outside our solar system has reached 6,000, according to…
‘We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration’
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Scientist Watching to See If Mysterious Object Visiting Our Solar System Releases Any Probes
Ever since a mysterious interstellar object, since dubbed 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted screaming into our solar system this…
Growing Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Captured
In a dazzling display of celestial drama, astronomers and students have captured the growing tail of Comet 3I/ATLAS,…
When To See A Golden Moon Beside Saturn On Monday Evening
See a nearly full moon and brightening Saturn in the evening sky on Sept. 8, 2025. getty Fresh…
Is There Actually A Ninth Planet In Our Solar System? Here’s What We Know
On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn’t by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by…
Has 3I/ATLAS’ tail been growing? Telescope observations reveal how comet has changed
A famous comet visiting from outside our solar system known as 3I/ATLAS is blazing through our cosmic neighborhood,…
Asteroid Fragment Reveals a Strange Mineral Never Seen on Earth
The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past. Two tiny grains of the rock, delivered…
Juno Observes Ultraviolet Satellite Footprint of Jupiter’s Moon Callisto
Jupiter hosts the brightest and most spectacular aurorae in the Solar System. Near its poles, these shimmering lights…
World’s largest digital camera likely to discover interstellar objects, millions of asteroids
For a telescope designed to create the largest movie of the night sky, one small comet shooting through…
The Night Sky This Week
The ‘Blood Worm Moon’ total lunar eclipse is seen above Austin, TX on March 14, 2025. (Photo by…
James Webb Telescope Finds Carbon-Rich Planet Nursery
In a cosmic twist worthy of a sci-fi plot, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to…