The object seems to be travelling on a steep path - suggesting it came from the Milky Way's "thick disk", an area of ancient ...

The moon will be 99% full Friday night, and with mostly clear skies expected for Louisville in the evening, tonight is a good ...

New research presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) in Durham suggests a ...

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...

A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

Starting at the end of next week, the month of July will see a lot of moonless evenings for terrific stargazing opportunities ...

Astronomers have discovered a new interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, which is believed to be the oldest comet ever observed. The comet is estimated to be around 7 billion years old.

Lead researcher Dr. Isabel Santos-Santos said, “We know of about 60 companion galaxies around the Milky Way, but we think ...

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...