Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object, has transformed from an indistinct blur in astronomical surveys to one of the most clearly photographed extrasolar visitors to date. These recent, detailed images are […]
The detection of two singular black hole mergers, only one month apart in late 2024, improves our understanding of the nature and evolution of the most violent collisions in the […]
Chemical rockets have taken us to the moon and back, but traveling to the stars demands something more powerful. Space X’s Starship can lift extraordinary masses to orbit and send […]
The United States is treating a strange visitor from deep space as both a scientific windfall and a potential national security puzzle. While NASA refines its measurements of the interstellar […]
Since the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered this past July — just the third confirmed object to arrive from another star — astronomers have been closely following its passage through […]
