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Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...
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The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...
When we gaze into the night sky, we see a tiny fraction of what lies beyond our Solar System. In the vastness of space, our Sun and its planets are but a speck of dust. There are thousands of stars ...
The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...