We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the Sun, yet still tied to…
Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our Solar System has been well…
Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS may put on a quick show this month. Comet G3 ATLAS on December 30th. Credit: Alan…
On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of…
Astronomers have discovered two interstellar objects, Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. When the Vera C Rubin Observatory comes online next year, it'll…
The large impact craters dotting our planet are powerful reminders that asteroids and comets strike the Earth from time to…
The origins of Earth's water is a complicated mystery that scientists have been untangling for decades. Life is impossible without…
Here's a thorny problem: What if life doesn't always appear on planets that can support it? What if we find…
Comets that venture close to the Sun can transform into something beautiful, but sometimes they encounter incineration if they get…
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky.…