Comet 3I/Atlas may be the oldest spotted so far and should be visible through amateur telescopes in just a few weeks' time.

Bitcoin can't ever experience the same type of problem. What's more, NASA launched a probe in late 2023 and expects it to ...

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

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Scientists have discovered over 100 new species in an underwater mountain in Chile, including one that holds the record for ...

The object is big – possibly as wide 12 miles, larger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs – and is speeding ...

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

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all. In the next five ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

The biggest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is going under the hammer — and it’s got collectors buzzing from London to ...