Korean researchers have uncovered the secret to how planets and comets could form far from a star — considered a mystery until now — by finding the key in a substance named crystalline silicates as ...
A comet from another star system, known as 3I/ATLAS, is giving astronomers a rare chance to study an object that began its journey billions of years ago, far beyond our solar system. “This comet in ...
When the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS swept through the inner solar system in Dec, it offered Earth a rare glimpse of material forged in another star’s neighborhood and turned a niche astronomical ...
3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object detected in our solar system As comet 3I/ATLAS continues its exciting journey through our solar system, scientists are still learning everything they can ...