It lasted a few minutes,” N.C. man said. “I only noticed it as it approached the horizon, but the trail lasted a long time.” ...

Scientists have discovered new information about the interstellar object nearing Earth which could reveal facts about the ...

Astronomers are racing to study 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet whose strange behavior reveals new clues about how other ...

The Orionids are the leftovers and remains from Halley’s Comet (1P/Halley), which orbits the Sun every 76 years, The Orionids ...

Not all Vatican Observatory research is done by Vatican astronomers. This is illustrated by the paper, “A Dormant Captured ...

Not all Vatican Observatory research is done by Vatican astronomers. This is illustrated by the paper, “A Dormant Captured Oort Cloud Comet Awakens: (18916) 2000 OG44”, published this June in the ...

When most people imagine the vastness of space, they picture a dark void with plenty of observable objects. Planets, stars, and other galaxies often come to mind when picturing what space actually ...

NASA STEREO-A satellite's SECCHI/HI-2 camera captured this imagery of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Credit: Space.com | footage ...

NASA has debunked the proposal of controversial astronomer Avi Loeb, who claimed the comet 3I/ATLAS could be malicious alien ...

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Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

The comet, which poses no risk to Earth, first burst onto the scene July 1, spotted by NASA’s ATLAS survey telescope in Chile ...