NASA's Stardust mission was the first to bring back material from beyond the Moon — particles collected directly from a comet moving faster than 13,000 miles per hour. The spacecraft tracked and ...
The mysterious Manhattan-sized interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has once again surprised scientists as new images appear to have no cometary tail in new images. Photographs taken by the R. Naves ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered unusual chemistry in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including the first direct detection of methane on a visitor from another star system. The comet also ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A brightening comet is now becoming easier to see — and this ...