From 3I/ATLAS to SWAN: How 2025 became the year of the comet
The year 2025 has captivated stargazers worldwide as three remarkable comets surged into the inner solar system, dazzling…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Captures 3I/ATLAS
Using the WISPR (Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe) instrument aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, scientists observed the interstellar…
We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million…
Uranus and Neptune may be Totally Different than Assumed
It seems that we know the planets in our solar system relatively well, but a recent study rethinks…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to Earth this Friday. Here’s what to know.
Published on 16/12/2025 – 11:48 GMT+1 The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which has captured imaginations around the world, will…
XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have captured an X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to…
New Research Challenges Classification of Uranus and Neptune as Ice Giants
The composition of Uranus and Neptune might be less icy than previously thought, according to a new study…
Scientists Find Presolar Stardust in Samples from Asteroid Bennu
Researchers have detected an unexpectedly high abundance of presolar grains — dust from stellar explosions predating our Solar…
Europa’s Spider-Like Feature is Analogous to Earth’s Lake Stars, Planetary Researchers Say
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world that is a prime candidate in the search for potential…
The Sun Survived a Close Call With 2 Massive Stars 4.4 Million Years Ago, Data Shows
In the early 1990s, the Hubble Space Telescope picked up something odd in the local clouds that surround…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
NASA spacecraft tracks comet SWAN in incredible 40-day timelapse — and even glimpses interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS (video)
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