The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth’s solar system.

Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe ...

Asteroids, comets, and clouds contain complex organic molecules that form in space and might have kickstarted life on Earth and elsewhere.

Researchers and astronomers have consistently detected the presence of organic molecules in space, hinting at life's ...

Far from Earth, drifting between the stars, lies a quiet ocean of carbon. Astronomers call it the interstellar medium, a vast realm where simple and complex molecules float through cold clouds of gas ...

Have telescope, will travel, sometimes really far. The University of Virginia Occultation Group, astronomy undergraduates who observe and track asteroids and small planets, make most of their ...

A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into ...

Astronomers have observed a free-floating planet accreting massive amounts of gas and dust, shedding new light on planetary formation.

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