I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The mysterious entity, which was first spotted hurtling towards the Sun in early July, ...

Rather than being dismissed as a typical asteroid or comet, it caught the attention of controversial Harvard astrophysicist ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered mysterious “little red dots” that may not be galaxies at all, but a whole new type of object: black hole stars. These fiery spheres, ...

The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

Since its discovery, astronomers have been frantically trying to gather as much information as they can about the newest interstellar interloper dubbed 3I/ATLAS. It's been challenging, but they've ...

What seemed like a peaceful fishing day turned chaotic as strange objects surfaced from beneath the historic bridge.