In a stunning stroke of luck, Hubble witnessed a comet splitting apart almost in real time. The rare observation is giving ...

Astronomers have revealed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, officially discovered on July 1, 2025, was actually captured ...

If the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory had begun its science validation phase a few weeks earlier, it might have been up and ...

A medieval monk may have beaten Edmond Halley to one of astronomy’s greatest discoveries by nearly 700 years. Researchers say ...

A rare comet from another star system is revealing just how different alien solar systems may be from our own.

The water coming off comet 3I/ATLAS is not just unusual. It is extreme. Astronomers studying the interstellar comet found that its water is packed with an unusually heavy form of hydrogen called ...

Scientists Trace Latest Interstellar Comet's Home to a Cold, Isolated Corner of the Milky Way CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society will host renowned Canadian astronomer Dr. David Levy for a presentation on May 1 at 7 p.m. as part of its year-long 90th anniversary celebration.

The Trump administration is probing concerns surrounding nearly a dozen scientists said to be connected to highly secretive space research whose deaths and disappearances are under increasing scrutiny ...