What happens if alien contact stops being science fiction and becomes real? From mysterious interstellar objects to the possibility of signals, peaceful arrival, or outright attack, the deeper ...

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope reveals widespread water ice in Cygnus X, showing how dust shields molecules in star-forming ...

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, ...

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Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system where three very different objects orbit a distant star—and their ...

Scientists studying 3I/ATLAS have detected unusually high levels of heavy water, indicating it formed in an extremely cold ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...