The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts ...

If Earth-like planets require an extremely rare supernova encounter, then water-depleted rocky planets might be exceptional. But if cosmic-ray immersion is sufficient—and common—then the conditions ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously thought, according to new research. Unlike ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. What astronomers initially suspected to be a new exoplanet is ...

Scientists confirmed the object originated outside our solar system due to its high speed and trajectory. The comet poses no danger and will pass about 170 million miles from Earth. While not visible ...

Around 4.5 billion years ago a giant object around the size of Mars crashed into the proto-planet Earth, called Theia. This essentially redid the planet and created the Moon, but new research suggests ...

The comet originated from outside our solar system and poses no danger to our planet. NASA officials have rejected theories that the object could be an alien spaceship. While not visible to the naked ...

The mystifying 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet is blazing toward Earth and will in a matter of days come as close to our planet as it ever will. The impending cosmic rendezvous – if you want to call it ...

A comet from another star system is due to make its closest—and final—approach to Earth this week before it continues on its journey back toward interstellar space. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will ...

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios revealed the reason for the weird bone statue in the desert: a new Divinity game is coming soon. Coming soon in the cosmic sense, at least. Larian Studios had ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – in July and on Nov. 30, 2025. An ESA orbiter bound for Jupiter also observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. How big is 3I/ATLAS ...

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space ...