New data reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is a 'pristine' object rich in alien metals and carbon. Scientists uncover its ...

Most comets show green or blue light near sunlight. This colour comes from gases reacting to ultraviolet exposure. But Comet ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi captured breathtaking imagery of solar system comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking into multiple pieces ...

Take a journey to the outer edges of the solar system and discover how planets, comets, and icy fragments form an invisible ...

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

Artificial intelligence has an insatiable hunger for high-quality data, and there are real opportunities for anyone who's able to provide it in sufficient volumes. Companies like Alexandr Wang's ...

Ernest Opik, an Estonian astronomer based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944, commenced research on the frequencies and speeds of meteors and comets in the 1920s. In 1932, Opik ...

New York — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail from the outer edges of our solar system — possibly what's known ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...