Nuclear Plan Suggested To Prevent Asteroid Hitting The Moon
A newly proposed plan by a team of scientists, including NASA researchers, suggests using nuclear explosive devices to…
Sun Fires Energy Blast Straight at Mysterious Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally…
Strange Green Glow From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Scientists Puzzled
Images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS snapped during the September 7 total lunar eclipse seem to suggest that the…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Scientists Find Evidence of Flowing Water on Giant Asteroid
Today, the near-Earth asteroid known as Ryugu is bone dry. But new research suggests that the half-mile space…
Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
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Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Star System Is Now Changing Color
As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, the mysterious visitor continues to…
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…
Interstellar Comet Grows Tail As It Hurtles Toward Earth
A recently discovered comet is becoming more active as it flies through our solar system toward the sun.…
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…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Really Is Bizarre
We already knew that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was different from the other two interstellar objects known to have…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious New World at Edge of the Solar System
A composite image showing the five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union, plus the newly discovered…