To map out complex space trajectories, scientists rely on powerful numerical simulations—tools now central to the work of agencies like NASA and ESA. The recent discovery of comet 3I/Atlas offers a ...

Pre-discovery archives have only added to the confusion. It turns out 3I/ATLAS may have been active even further out, beyond ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all ...

Relying on information from NASA's TESS telescope, astronomers Edward Bryant from the University of Warwick and Vincent Van ...

A team of scientists has estimated that the Hubble Space Telescope could reenter Earth’s atmosphere and meet its fiery demise ...

Astronomers have identified Cloud 9, a nearby dark matter halo filled with gas but no stars. The discovery supports key predictions about how galaxies form and why some never do.

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark ...

Scientists reveal that interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS could be delivering organic building blocks to Jupiter's moon Europa, ...