Enter the mesmerizing expanse of the cosmos with the “Yearbook of Astronomy 2026,” a captivating guide that transports you through the wonders of our universe. Published by the esteemed White
Enter the mesmerizing expanse of the cosmos with the “Yearbook of Astronomy 2026,” a captivating guide that transports you through the wonders of our universe. Published by the esteemed White
The comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered by an international team in July this year, is only the third interstellar object ever found in the history of astronomy. It is the first that
X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCDavis/F. Bouhrik et al.; Optical:Legacy Survey/DECaLS/BASS/MzLS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds and L. Frattare Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image
Since the interstellar object (ISO) 3I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1, 2025, it has garnered much attention, including speculation, hopes and fears that it may somehow contain evidence of
The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.
Mid-infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, shown in white, gray, and red, are combined here with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, highlighted in blue. Together, these
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss is joined by SpaceNews journalists Jason Rainbow, Sandra Erwin, Jeff Foust and Debra Werner for a wide-ranging conversation on
Researchers have been trying to look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from every conceivable angle. That includes very unconventional ones. Recently, while 3I/ATLAS passed out of view of the Earth, it
Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), an international team of astronomers has discovered a spectacular bipolar outflow from the disk of a nearby galaxy known as ESO 130-G012.
This artist’s animation shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. First, the massive star ends its life in a supernova, generating elements like carbon and iron. In the aftermath,






