NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star. Tune in ...

After years of speculation, scientists finally believe they have figured out the crystal conundrum thanks to new imaging from ...

Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could ...

However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...

Tune in today (Jan. 16) to bid farewell to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, courtesy of a livestream from the Virtual Telescope ...

King William should have seen his demise coming, according to the medieval omen experts of his era. Halley’s comet appeared ...

At 210,000 km/h, an interstellar comet does not give engineers and astronomers the luxury of slow iteration. Every observing ...

In this episode of Physics World Stories, host Andrew Glester explores the fascinating hunt for pristine comets – icy bodies ...

The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet ...

Interstellar comet 3I-ATLAS is a rare cosmic visitor that may be older than our Sun, offering scientists a unique glimpse into the early Milky Way. Its ancient origins and unusual composition could ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed, is making its final pass through our skies, offering a rare ...