Astronomical events for November 2026: Meteors, supermoon
Three meteor showers and a supermoon Falling back on the clock means more time to look at the…
Dead star and planetary bodies: astronomers spot unique disc of debris that foretells Solar System’s future
Press Release 27 October 2026 Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have found…
Comets may have transported water to a young planetary system: Study
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets, comets in other solar systems, orbiting a…
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of…
What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings…
NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS
As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS began moving away from the Sun in December 2025, astronomers took the opportunity to…
US scientists find how dry ice can alter quantum states of hydrogen
Scientists at the University of Maryland have successfully demonstrated the control of the nuclear spin of a hydrogen…
Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in an Ultra-Cold Alien Star System
Water in the Solar System has a unique chemical signature: it is deuterated, that is, enriched in deuterium,…
NASA found evidence the slow spinning of a small comet
The spins of comet nuclei can change because of gas jets pushing on them. In April 2017, the…
NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and…
How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, never to return, but the observations of the…
NASA’s Hubble Unexpectedly Catches Comet Breaking Up
In a happy twist of fate, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just witnessed a comet in the act of…