At around 210000 km/h, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was not just going through the inner Solar System, it squeezed the whole ...

“What happens when a comet comes from another star system and refuses to follow the ‘usual’ rules of comet behavior?” The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has made headlines not only for its status as a ...

Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above. However, after the war, two significant developments ...

Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has transformed our understanding of the cosmos. The space telescope revealed a universe teeming with galaxies, stars, and planets instead of what we once saw as empty ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. When you purchase ...

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Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) and the Atacama ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory releases its longest-spanning video of X-ray data yet. Credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / Pan-STARRS Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, ...