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.…
Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 To Make Very Close Flyby Of Earth
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers…
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…
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…
How Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Met Unlikely Observer
On its way to Jupiter, ESA’s Juice spacecraft briefly turned its gaze toward a rare interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS,…
How Juice Came To Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
First glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS from Juice science camera – ESA larger image No matter how much planning…
Narrowband Radio Technosignature Search Toward 3I/ATLAS With FAST
Scatter plots of potential candidate in frequency, drift rate and signal-to-noise ratio for each polarization channel. The color…
NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild
Have you ever turned to look at something at the exact moment something unbelievably cool happened? Imagine if…
Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS)
The breakup of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, opens a window into how…
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…