Whenever astronomers detect something new moving through our region of space, like an interstellar object or an unusual asteroid, somebody somewhere claims it could be an alien interstellar space ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Suns corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be seen in the footage it captured. [NASA's Parker Solar Probe has touched the sun ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

Hitting home video in multiple formats on Sept. 9, 2025, "Elio" features an exceptional vocal cast that includes Yonas ...

A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...

Humans probe space for intelligent life. That’s ridiculous. Let’s first search Earth. Where is human intelligence? With each ...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

NASA's new space weather missions aim to shield Earth from solar storms, preventing blackouts and safeguarding satellites, ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...

In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner hosted a press conference at One World Observatory, the atrium topping the slick skyscraper ...