News

Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
An alien comet is now passing through our solar system. Here's what we know
On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...
Machine Fastest on MSN13h
The Mystery of Coplanar Orbits: Why Do All Planets Orbit in the Same Plane?
Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system orbit in the same plane? This fascinating characteristic of planetary orbits has intrigued astronomers for centuries. When we observe the ...
Comet from interstellar space discovered moving in our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System.
Weather-Fox on MSN2d
What If a Black Hole Passed Near the Solar System?
Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .
Space.com on MSN10h
'Pebble' beaches around young stars join together to form planets
A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...
El Adelantado de Segovia6d
It’s official – The solar system is receiving an unexpected visit from an interstellar object, which could change everything
The comet will zip past Mars’s orbit and reach its closest point to the Sun on 29 October 2025, at 1.35 astronomical units.
Daily Excelsior47m
Spacecraft equipped with solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and ...
India Today on MSN3d
Interstellar comet is flying so fast that even Sun's gravity can't slow it down
The comet was identified as interstellar due to its highly eccentric hyperbolic orbit, which is unlike the elliptical orbits of native Solar System objects.
Space.com on MSN6d
New interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...
ZME Science on MSN6d
Interstellar comet: Everything We Know About 3I/ATLAS
3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and ...
Texas Public Radio2d
A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...