Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

The moment an object from another star system appears in survey data, astronomy shifts into sprint mode. Interstellar ...

Only three objects have ever been confirmed to come from outside our Solar System. Each one behaved differently, and none of them fit neatly into existing categories. Their trajectories were clear, ...

Spread the loveIn an exciting astronomical event, a newly discovered asteroid, designated as 2026 EG1, is set to make a close approach to Earth on the evening of March 12, 2026. This space rock, ...

Lead researcher Nathan Roth said the image shows the comet is “bursting with methanol in a way we just don’t usually see.” ...

When astronomers first observed comet 3I/ATLAS, they realized it was special. It is just the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our Solar System, after the enigmatic ‘Oumuamua and the ...

Astronomers studying a rare interstellar comet have discovered something surprising: it contains unusually large amounts of methanol, a type of alcohol. The discovery offers a fascinating glimpse into ...

Earth has been around for 4.543 billion years. At numerous times during that long history, our planet has shared itself with the rest of the Solar System, particularly with our immediate neighbors. Sc ...

War Machine imagines a machine arriving from space. Real astronomy has detected interstellar visitors like ʻOumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS.

In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. New observations show how it went.

NASA's DART mission launched from California changed not just the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit, but the larger Didymos' path around the sun.