Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge ...

The dream of traveling to distant stars and colonizing other worlds has captured human imagination for centuries. Yet when we confront the reality of cosmic distances, that dream feels both ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, ...

During a record-breaking flight through the sun’s corona in Dec. 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.