Cloud-9 entered the picture in 2023, when astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in ...

The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has triggered a global scientific alert after emitting mysterious radio signals, prompting NASA ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what you’ll need to catch a glimpse.

"The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

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 ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Eagle-eyed Tampa Bay residents spotted an unusual – and very cool – cloud formation in the afternoon sky on Tuesday. As Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Amanda Holly explains in the ...

Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977, have traversed the heliopause and are currently in interstellar space, with Voyager 1 significantly farther from the Sun due to its higher velocity. The Oort Cloud, ...

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