After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

SpaceX’s efforts to dim its Starlink satellites will likely be effective, at least for one major observatory. But the ...

A newly published study from researchers at the University of California (Department of Physics and Astronomy) has found that ...

Earth may briefly capture as many as six moon fragments — called minimoons — at any given time before they move on to orbit ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

When most people think of our Solar System, they think of the 8 planets officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). But what if I told you there are at least 40 planets, and ...

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...