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In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen. Now, a new study reveals the simple ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.

In late 2025 a mysterious comet flew between the orbits of Earth and Mars and reached a speed of more than 150,000 miles per ...

Space scientists have revealed a new image of the mysterious space rock that passed through our solar system. Researchers said the picture shows the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, suggested to be a ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

On February 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took the first family portrait of the solar system! [‘On This Day in Space’ ...

There have been plenty of attempts to resolve the "Hubble Tension" in cosmology. This feature describes how one of the most important variables in cosmology, the expansion of the universe, takes on ...

On February 23, 1990, NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft left the solar system! This was the second spacecraft to travel beyond the ...

The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...

A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...