Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through interstellar space, potentially linking our solar system to distant stars.

Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. Let’s break the facts of this natural phenomena down because it sounds like it could be the plot of an exciting ...

PUNCH’s observations of comet 3I/ATLAS from Sept. 28 to Oct. 10, 2025, when the comet was between 231 million to 235 million miles from Earth. Each frame is a daily stacked image, made up of multiple ...

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The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space telescopes and orbiters have been documenting the rare visit. A mysterious ...

Much about interstellar objects still eludes us, but researchers figured out what it would take for a hypothetical space rock to collide with Earth. Simulations found that potential impactors are most ...

Astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 3I/ATLAS was confirmed as the third known object to enter our solar system from interstellar ...

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