Astronomers have identified a mysterious deep-space object that appears to defy current scientific understanding, prompting renewed debate about how the universe forms and evolves over time. The ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS moves against a backdrop of stars. The ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, was the first to report that the object came from interstellar space. ATLAS / University of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A mysterious reddish object that formed only 90 million years after the Big Bang was observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. If it is a galaxy, ...

Deep space has just delivered a cosmic curveball: an object that behaves so strangely it appears to break the rules astronomers use to describe how the universe grew up. The discovery centers on an ...

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) mistakenly identified Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, launched into deep space in 2018, as a new near-Earth asteroid before quickly retracting the designation. This incident ...

Astrophysicists are scrambling to study an ancient comet from another star system that entered the solar system this year, and which has already swung past Mars. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the comet poses no ...

SANTA CRUZ — A selection of celestial photographs will be on the display in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History’s atrium starting Thursday. The gallery is a collaboration between the museum and ...