A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...

The interstellar object 3I/Atlas has left astronomers amazed after data revealed it follows the most stretched and unusual orbit ever measured ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

Although it's smaller than a planet, Chiron could be a natural laboratory for learning about how ring systems form, change, ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

SpaceX boss Elon Musk chimed in on the debate over the 3I/ATLAS comet and the subsequent alien conspiracies during an ...

An astronomer has snapped comet 3I/ATLAS using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, as well as his own small telescope. The new photos are believed to be the first optical ...

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“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...