New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened ...

The 'ring of fire' eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026, will be witnessed by more penguins than people.

NASA's infrared telescope SPHEREx captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exited the solar system.

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

Hubble captures a dazzling stellar nursery where newborn stars light up and carve their way through glowing clouds in a ...

A pair of new studies suggest that key steps toward life’s chemistry may begin long before planets exist. Experiments simulating interstellar space show that simple amino acids can link into peptides, ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...

The moon will pass directly in front of the sun on Feb. 17, setting the stage for a dramatic annular solar eclipse.

A team of astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spaceship. The comet was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to enter our solar ...