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After running a new kind of computer simulation, scientists believe the comet originated from a rarely seen corner of the ...

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field and the unique properties of its plasma ...

The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

ENTs occur when stars that are at least three times as massive as the Sun pass so close to a supermassive black hole that its colossal gravity shreds them to pieces. The resulting string of matter ...

Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, which is believed to be the oldest comet ever observed. The comet is estimated to be around 7 billion years old.

Scientists want to study a distant world in the solar system that is classified as a dwarf planet. But some experts think it ...

The experimental director Jem Cohen’s latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...