The unusual behaviour of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reignited online debate, but astronomers say the gaps in public ...

Astronomers scanned the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS for alien signals using the Green Bank Telescope, but found none. The ...

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As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

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In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an ...

Astronomers studying the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS say new observations from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii have revealed a striking chemical transformation as the comet exits the ...

Most stars in the cosmos are small, cool red dwarfs, yet the only intelligent life we know orbits a relatively rare yellow ...

Hubble's latest images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal sustained, jet-like eruptions and a carbon dioxide-rich coma ...

A team of astronomers have used the Hubble space telescope to capture with direct imaging asteroids smashing into each other ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals ancient secrets and strange chemistry as the largest object of its kind ever tracked.

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...