An artist’s impression of exocomets orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. I do so love an ostentatious comet. As I wrote in a recent “The Universe” column, when these dusty ice balls are billions of ...

This interstellar visitor should soon be reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it? There's been a lot of hype and rumours about alien comet 3I/ATLAS lately. So, where is it now, ...

A small, icy visitor from beyond the solar system is giving scientists an unusually close look at the chemistry that may help planets come alive. As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS sweeps past the Sun ...

The past year delivered unprecedented discoveries in space. Astronomers uncovered clues about Mars, interstellar comets, exoplanets, and dark energy, captivating scientists and enthusiasts worldwide.

Is it a comet or an alien spaceship? That’s the question that many have been asking ever since a large object — one that originated somewhere far, far away — was spotted in our solar system earlier ...

I do so love an ostentatious comet. As I wrote in a recent “The Universe” column, when these dusty ice balls are billions of kilometers from the sun, they’re frozen solid. But as they near our star on ...