Following the historic discoveries of ‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, astronomers have now confirmed the presence of a third ...

Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, has long intrigued astronomers searching for signs of habitability beyond ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Astronomers have discovered "Ammonite," a mysterious object on the solar system’s edge whose unusual orbit challenges current ...

The two objects make for a strange pair. Unlike Betelgeuse, which is approaching the end of its life, the blue-white ...

The photos reveal a bright and well-developed coma, the cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus, with striking ...