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"We had a visitor from a distant corner of our Galaxy" Scientist reveals why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was so special??? and why we'll find many more very soon
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1892+ words) Interview with astronomer Cyrielle Opitom who co-led a study of comet 3I/ATLAS using the Very Large Telescope Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is one of the biggest stories in space science in recent years. From the moment of its discovery in July…...
Just hours before impact??? this week a hi-tech telescope spotted an asteroid, then watched it hit Earth
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (461+ words) Planetary defence scientists caught an asteroid smashing into Earth off the coast of Australia this week – and only had a 6-hour warning that it would impact. On Sunday, September 6, 2026, automated tracking telescopes at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, USA picked…...
Earth is in the minority. There may be more 'starship' planets wandering space than planets orbiting suns??? and they could have life
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1382+ words) There are a staggering number of planets wandering the Galaxy, not tied to any star Round and round Earth goes, year after year, bound by gravity to our Sun. Yet imagine I were to tell you that Earth is in…...
Scientists have found the fastest star in our Galaxy. And it could tell them how fast our central black hole is spinning
3+ week, 1+ day ago (548+ words) Scientists have discovered the fastest known star in our Galaxy, named S301, which skims close to our central supermassive black hole Astronomers have found the fastest known star in our home Galaxy, the Milky Way. The star, named S301, was discovered hurtling…...
Astronomers found a 'mega Earth' that shouldn't exist. This alien world is breaking the rules of planet building
3+ week, 2+ day ago (720+ words) GJ 523b is a mega Earth exoplanet located 87 lightyears from Earth that has remained a dense, rocky world despite being so enormous. When astronomers peer into space to observe planets orbiting stars beyond our Solar System – known as exoplanets – there are…...