On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

A mysterious object, first observed hurtling across the solar system on July 1, has now been identified as "very likely to be ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Scientists have discovered a large object hurtling through our solar system. It is only the third time a celestial body from ...

The size of the Solar System and the Universe is truly beyond our comprehension. When we think of the vastness of space, we ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Scientists have been studying an interstellar object that's currently moving through our solar system which was first spotted on 1 July. It has been called 3I/ATLAS because of what spotted it, and ...

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...