The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

On July 1, 2025, NASA’s ATLAS telescope in Chile spotted a fast moving dot, 3I/ATLAS, travelling at 61 kilometres per second.

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

An interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS has just passed our sun. Despite online rumours that it’s an alien spaceship, experts say it’s definitely a comet.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...

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Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

Rare interstellar visitor the size of Manhattan carries secrets from distant star system Controversial 'comet': An artist's rendition of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it rockets through our Solar System at 58 km ...

Students at the University of Texas are helping one of the world’s most remote regions: the Himalayas. A team from UT Austin is leading Project Ladakh, a student-run initiative that involves ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

It's probably a comet, but it might be some sort of ancient alien spacecraft or probe. What's for sure is that the mystery surrounding an object known as 3I/ATLAS is becoming both more and ...