At up to 30 km wide, 3I/ATLAS is officially dummy thicc—with two Cs and a tail. Astronomers are calling it “the Lizzo of ...

The widely anticipated first images collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released, offering nothing short of ...

Interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just a week ago and ever since, astronomers across the world have been ...

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of a rare celestial visitor from beyond our Solar System. The comet was first spotted on 1 July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), originated in a distant star system, far beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

It has unique access to capturing billions of years-old astronomical events and interstellar objects. The dark and dry conditions allow the telescope to capture light and observe the cosmos from ...

An artist’s impression of Oumuamua, an interstellar object observed in 2017. M. Kornmesser/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

And over the course of its decadal survey, Rubin is projected to identify 89,000 near-Earth asteroids, 3.7 million asteroids in the belt between Mars and Jupiter, and 32,000 icy objects beyond ...

Some researchers estimate that Rubin, over the course of its decade-long run, may discover between five and 50 interstellar objects. Chris Lintott, an astrophysicist at Oxford, is more optimistic ...

If you've seen Interstellar, the chances are you might have walked away with more questions than answers. Let's face it, it's not the easiest movie to understand, especially the ending.

To Unlock Interstellar Travel, Scientists Are Building the World’s Most Powerful Laser Beam A lightsail built in one day could travel at 20 percent the speed of light. That shouldn’t be possible.