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Watch newly discovered 'interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS shoot toward us in first livestream
You can see the recently identified "interstellar object" 3I/ATLAS shooting towards us through the solar system in a livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project.
NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name
Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third of its kind ever seen — and will shoot past Earth later this year.
You can see a giant 'hole' shoot across Saturn this summer — and it won't happen again until 2040
There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing surface over the next few months. The rare spectacle is only visible every 15 years.
James Webb telescope discovers its first planet — a Saturn-size 'shepherd' still glowing red hot from its formation
Nestled inside a planetary ring 110 light-years from Earth, a planet spotted by the James Webb telescope is the lightest exoplanet ever detected.
NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the week
A new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick blanket of clouds before dawn.
Surprised scientists discover the 'dark sides' of Uranus' moons are the wrong way around
Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter than the other — but not the side they were expecting.
Does light lose energy as it crosses the universe?
The speed of light is the fastest anything can travel. What happens to a photon from a galaxy 25 million light years away on its journey toward Earth?
New dwarf planet discovered beyond the orbit of Neptune
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet in our solar system, named 2017 OF201. Located far beyond Neptune, it orbits the sun every 25,000 years.
