At the moment, 3I/ATLAS is outgassing as it reaches out sun, with the JWST and NIRSpec finding that carbon dioxide, water, ...

The interstellar network is sustained by the explosive life cycles of stars that generate powerful solar winds. Past research ...

Dive into the world of gravity and space with this C++ simulation of our solar system using OpenGL. In this video, explore ...

It will take the most sensitive instruments ever imagined to reveal ripples from the Big Bang, but they could change our understanding of the entire universe.

UW’s Institute for Data-intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, founded in 2016 with support from the Charles and ...

The immensity of space makes it impossible for humans to discover every hiding place the universe holds. Its infinitude makes ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.

In a captivating twist of cosmic events, astronomers have recently turned their attention to an extraordinary object known as 3I/Atlas, which is racing through our solar system at a staggering speed ...

Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they get so big, and how do they sustain their ...

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

Even if the solar system is spared a catastrophic collision, it won't last forever. Some scientists also think the protons that make up our universe will decay.

None of this has improved my dimensia to the point that I can relate to the size of the solar system or the Milky Way, much less the universe.