This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has exposed critical gaps in our planetary defence, acting as a 'warning shot' that ...

When the first confirmed interstellar visitor, 'Oumuamua, tumbled through our solar system in 2017, it left a trail of ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a “super-Jupiter” has substantial differences from our solar system’s largest planet ...

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the ...

Rare wobbling jets detected in interstellar comet’s sun-facing tail The first such outgassing seen in a comet from another star system Rotation clues reveal faster spin of comet’s icy core ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS completes its near-miss with Earth, revealing bizarre chemistry and highlighting the growing ...