Armed with the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take night-sky images that ...

SpaceX’s efforts to dim its Starlink satellites will likely be effective, at least for one major observatory. But the ...

There are still savings across telescopes and binoculars, even after Prime Day, but we expect them to finish soon.

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe ...

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen – possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say. The "water ...

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

On July 1, scientists discovered a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system.  Nicknamed 3I/ATLAS, astronomers say ...

On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three ...

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.

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

Today in the history of astronomy, the most prolific comet-discoverer of all time gets his start.