Comet 3I/ATLAS is slowly receding from the inner Solar System, and it is about a week away from its closest pass to Jupiter.
Comets are often treated as leftovers, but sometimes the leftovers become the primary focus. That is the case with 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object seen crossing the solar system, ...
Before we say goodbye to our interstellar visitor, another close encounter is on its way. This one could be course-altering.
A recent image shared by the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) reveals a close-up view of the ...
“While 3I/ATLAS is a visitor from interstellar space, travelling from outside the Solar System, its behaviour is completely ...
NASA's most distant spacecraft had a critical thruster problem far from home. Fixing it required a long-distance call to overcome extreme cold and dwindling power. When you purchase through links on ...
By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity could receive a huge boost — enough to allow it to catch up with ...
The JANUS science camera aboard ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has captured new images of the interstellar object ...