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An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the Earth.
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...
Once in space, the Comet Interceptor will travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2 (just like Ariel), meaning 932,000 miles ...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...
Once they escape the Sun, they zoom through space at the speed of light, eventually reaching Earth and giving us that sweet, ...
New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...
Folks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from ...
NASA has released new detailed images revealing a full-frame view of the peculiarly shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson.
A NASA astronaut captured a fascinating weather phenomenon that still has scientists scratching their heads. Nichole Ayers is ...
An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.
Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began its legendary mission unfolding the secrets of our universe and producing some of the ...