For the first time, a fleet of orbiters and a rover circling another world has captured detailed views of an interstellar visitor as it swept through the inner solar system. As comet 3I/ATLAS brushed ...

While the comet is not scheduled to make its closest approach to Earth until Friday, December 19th, the Martian flotilla has ...

The mysterious interstellar object has sparked curiosity among experts and space enthusiasts alike because, unlike most ...

Scientists combine observations from Mars missions to get the clearest and most accurate track of 3I/Atlas so far.

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas has moved within 300 million km of Earth as scientists continue tracking its rare journey.

If you spied a fiery red star close to the full moon earlier this month, it was actually Mars shining its bright red light in the night sky. The planet will be visible at night throughout October, ...

The path of comet 3I/ATLAS through the solar system has been predicted with an accuracy 10 times greater than previous ...

After the sun, moon and Venus, the solar system giant Jupiter is usually the fourth-brightest object in the night sky. But for the last few weeks, Mars has been overtaking Jupiter as the ...

Lightning has been seen on other planets in the solar system, in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. Because Mars is cold ...

As an astronomer studying the universe beyond Earth, I’m fond of “outside the box” views almost by default. But one of my favorites is whenever a spacecraft takes a snapshot of our home world and the ...

NASA is going to Mars. This much we know -- but the devil is in the details. For example, "going to Mars" isn't quite as simple a proposition as, say, going to Minneapolis. Here on Earth, when you ...