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A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object cruises toward the sun.

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The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's ...

A new rectangular telescope design could finally spot Earth-like planets around nearby stars, bringing the search for alien ...

The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

Two more of NASA's space telescopes got another look at comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar interloper that captured the world's attention in July 2025.

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

The telescope's search list includes some of the usual suspects ... Zieba said. Doyon favors studying a world called LHS 1140 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile ...