The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

We have discovered two interstellar objects so far, ’Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. ’Oumuamua had no dust tail and a ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar comet passing through our solar system, marking the third interstellar object we've discovered.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/Atlas as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The decade-long wait for U.K. astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals dazzling first images.

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, ...

The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.