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 ...

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.

Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

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Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

As an astronomer, he has always looked to the stars. But as a musician — and occasional composer — Dr. Dan Peluso has always looked inward, where the rhythm lives in his chest. His project and ...

An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

A recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society reveals the discovery of the most distant and most pristine fossil galaxy ever found, KiDS J0842+0059, located about 3 ...

Astronomers have discovered KiDS J0842+0059, a rare fossil galaxy three billion light-years away, offering new insights into ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...