An ‘interstellar visitor’ spotted drifting into our solar system weeks ago is either a massive dirty snowball or an alien ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained "metalinguistic ability," a hallmark of human language and ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles (240 ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet ...

The Palimpsest, a writing of Archimedes once thought lost to history, has been revealed through the advanced use of a particle accelerator.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of ...