CWISE J1249+36, a low-mass runaway star, is traveling at an extraordinary speed that could propel it out of the Milky Way.
Four days after launching on its third-ever mission, China's mysterious Shenlong robotic space plane has apparently deployed 6 unknown objects in orbit. Some of them appear to be emitting signals.
Space is not as empty as it looks. Right now, as you read this, NASA scientists are actively watching dozens of objects ...
A Pasadena High School student, Matteo Paz, has astounded scientists by developing an AI pipeline to analyze NASA's vast NEOWISE data. His work, uncovering over 1.5 million variable celestial objects, ...
What started as a relatively simple project for the Caltech Planet Finder Academy — a program that allows students to work on and experience real-world astronomy challenges — Matteo Paz began ...
Three astronauts are stranded in orbit after their return capsule was believed to have been struck by an unknown object. The crew, already in space for six months, were supposed to return on Wednesday ...
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million miles. Scientists have been closely monitoring the object — which is largely ...