Our solar system just got another guest from the galaxy. Find out how scientists spotted this third interstellar object, what ...

Earth is far from the only celestial body in the Solar System.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the ...

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The age of the Solar System is an important question to answer in science. It connects the celestial question of how stars and planets come to be and the more Earthly one of how life arose on our ...

Could Alpha Centauri be a mirror of our own solar system? We dive into the secrets of this star system, reveal what scientists have learned so far, and discuss what it might mean for future space ...

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