Having made its closest approach to the sun on Wednesday October 29, comet 3I/ATLAS will soon be visible from Earth ...

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

New photos show that the recently discovered comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) developed a surprising golden glow after reaching its ...

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

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has argued at length that 3I/ATLAS — the third-ever interstellar object ever detected, currently ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

As a joke, she labelled it LGM 1 for “Little Green Men”, but the astronomers working on it did not really believe they had ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

While 3I/ATLAS is getting all the attention, there are a number of other comets visible through telescopes and binoculars in ...