Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.

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

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

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) brightened significantly ahead of its close approach to the sun.

Those concerned that 3I/ATLAS' arrival to our solar system meant that some sort of alien invasion was imminent can breathe a ...

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

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is now barreling away from the sun, never to return to the solar system. There's one more chance ...

New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope's newest images of 3I/ATLAS confirm the presence of its sunward anti-tail, contrary to the usual ...