For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant ...

“Everything about Jupiter is extreme. The planet is home to gigantic polar cyclones bigger than Australia, fierce jet streams, the most volcanic body in our solar system, the most powerful aurora, and ...

(NewsNation) — Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who still insists 3I/ATLAS could be an alien vessel instead of a comet, is now pointing to the interstellar object’s expected rendezvous with the solar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 3I/ATLAS, imaged on Aug. 27 by the Gemini South telescope. The dust tail is clearly seen, whereas ...

Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar visitor. Reading time 3 minutes As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hurtles through ...

All eyes have been on the nearly 5-6 km long exocomet, including NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, aka TESS.

As mysterious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS screams through our solar system, astronomers are racing to get a closer look. Last month, the European Space Agency used five of the science instruments ...

Jupiter draws into alignment with the sun and Earth tonight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter will be at its most ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...