Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could serve as seeds for giant planet formation, potentially explaining how massive planets form around distant stars, according to BBC and Pfalzner’s research.

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

NASA Tracks Rare Visitor from Beyond the Solar System The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ... could provide critical insight into ...

As November begins, two of the solar system's rocky planets form a nice pair low in the ... This star pattern holds a single Messier object, the Squid Galaxy (M77), and it's worth exploring with a ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system has just made its closest pass to the sun, brightening ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday reached its closest point to the Sun, a point known as perihelion. Although this ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

The comet – named 3I/ ATLAS – was discovered this summer and led to excitement because it appears to be an interstellar comet, which has made its way to us from another solar system. It is only the ...

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

The mysterious interstellar object 3I/Atlas will pass by Earth on October 29, and scientists explain what it means and whether it’s safe.

Our solar system and galaxy were the first objects of study for what was going on in the universe. Among the various ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed look at a carbon-rich disk surrounding the exoplanet CT Cha ...