Korean researchers have uncovered the secret to how planets and comets could form far from a star — considered a mystery until now — by finding the key in a substance named crystalline silicates as ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object to barrel into our neighborhood from interstellar space, and it is already shredding old assumptions about how comets form, move, and even what they are ...

A comet from another star system, known as 3I/ATLAS, is giving astronomers a rare chance to study an object that began its journey billions of years ago, far beyond our solar system. “This comet in ...

A small, icy traveler from deep space has just threaded its way through the inner Solar System, offering a fleeting but profound reminder that our planetary neighborhood is not isolated. As ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object detected in our solar system As comet 3I/ATLAS continues its exciting journey through our solar system, scientists are still learning everything they can ...