To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun. Disclaimer: ...

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

The orbiter, which is part of the nation's ongoing Tianwen 1 mission for Mars exploration, took the images of the comet, coded 3I/ATLAS, on Oct 3 as it whizzed past the Red Planet. It is the third ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is passing safely through our solar system. Learn about its discovery, its distant path, and why NASA is using Hubble, Webb, and more to study it.

Scientists have debunked viral claims that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS dropped 'probes' toward Earth, explaining that ...

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While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...