Old rocket parts and decommissioned satellites are whizzing around in low Earth orbit, where they risk colliding with the ...

Using the European Southern Observatory 's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have caught it pulling in gas and ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...

European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, with additional data from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Astronomers observed something incredible in a region that not much was expecting—a planet-scale object drifting alone in ...

A " rogue planet " is growing at a record-breaking rate of six billion tons per second, reveals new research. Located around ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

Space is full of weird objects that don’t make sense according to what scientists thought they knew about the universe, […] ...

Our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system.

While there is no reason to panic, please be aware that a visitor born near a star other than our Sun is currently passing through our Solar System. This alien visitor has been wandering through space ...

In December 2024, Buddhist monks from Japan attempted unsuccessfully to send a small temple on board a satellite into orbit.