You may not be able to see the moon in the sky tonight, but if you look up for long enough at a dark, clear sky,...
When interstellar comet 2I/Borisov entered our solar system last year, this time capsule from another place in the universe opened and revealed information about its origin,...
Researchers are now able to chemically peer inside distant comets, showing one in particular is highly unusual. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have...
Scientists have discovered a comet called 2I/Borisov that is surprisingly different in its composition from comets <!– –> The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov travels through our solar...
2I/Borisov is the first interstellar comet we have ever seen. Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/Travis Rector As far as tourist destinations go, our solar system appears to be fairly...
Fomalhaut b… smashed to smithereens? NASA/ESA/A. Gaspar/G. Rieke/University of Arizona Fomalhaut b is a ghost with a complicated history. In 2004, Paul Kalas, an astronomer at...
The Starlink satellite train above the Aurora Borealis, as seen by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station on April 13 2020. Photo via NASA. Kingston...
Enlarge / An image of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, NASA Comets are essentially time capsules. Most formed during the early days of our Solar System, amid the...
April and May are a great time to try your hand at a little backyard stargazing Meteors over Jasper. | Jack Fusco/Tourism Jasper photo Peter McMahon | Special...
WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered that a comet called 2I/Borisov – only the second interstellar object ever detected passing through the solar system – is surprisingly...
