The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just done something no visitor from another star system has ever been caught doing: it ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

NASA plans to build larger solar sails that can generate more thrust. A new unique composite carbon fiber booms, the ACS3 system has the potential to support sails as large as 2,000 square meters, or ...

The decision to expand New Horizons' mission to explore a potential object in the Kuiper Belt, and not just the Sun, comes as a great relief to scientists. Reading time 3 minutes A famous NASA ...

Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system. From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of ...