For the first time in human history, we're watching a new solar system come to life. Not in theory, but in real, observable detail. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its incredible ...

Something strange is moving through our solar system — and it’s making headlines everywhere. The mysterious object, known as ...

On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the Sun. This point, known as perihelion, was around 210 million ...

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Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena. The entire disc of the sun captured on ...

3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy. By Kenneth Chang For only the third time, astronomers have found ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

What will our solar system look like after the Sun dies? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

"Considering the direction and frequency of our most common signals gives insights into where we should be looking to improve our chances of detecting alien technosignatures." Scientists have taken a ...

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.