A comet from another star system is sweeping through our cosmic backyard and, for the first time, astronomers have picked up ...

I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it ...

For the first time in the history of observations, astronomers have recorded the merger of three galaxies, each of which ...

Radio signals have been travelling through space since 1906, forming Earth’s radio bubble. Now 119 light years wide, it covers about 75 star systems, the signals fading into noise ...

But now, they're planning to build telescopes on the far side of the Moon. These instruments will probe one of the last unexplored windows on the Universe. Here, astronomers hope to get a glimpse of ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

A legendary signal from deep space, once dismissed by some as statistical noise, has just become even more mysterious.

Scientists have sought out and detected radio emissions from from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, all but confirming that it has natural origins.

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Imagine that you’re an astronomer conducting a radio survey of the heavens. Maybe you’re searching for pulsars, or radio galaxies, or just mapping neutral hydrogen. Then, out of nowhere, you detect a ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It’s visiting from another solar system altogether. Those interstellar origins... What to know about the 3I/ATLAS comet and why people ...

Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...