ESA's advanced XMM-Newton telescope discovered a faint X-ray glow from the 3I/ATLAS comet. What is this mysterious light it ...

On Dec. 18, just 24 hours before its closest approach, the Green Bank Telescope scanned frequencies from 1 to 12 GHz. Their ...

How do you study the invisible?” This was the challenge the scientists at the ESA faced during the early days of December ...

Ask any sci-fi fan to list the top space sci-fi shows of all time, and that list will almost always include shows like Star ...

While online conspiracies swirl, comet 3I/ATLAS made a close pass by Earth on Dec. 19, giving astronomers a rare glimpse of a ...

It came from outer space. Interstellar space, to be precise. From somewhere beyond the influence of our sun, possibly from ...

It is a piece of chemistry born light years away, a rogue iceberg of cosmic material that pre-dates our own Sun. And for a brief, glorious period, it has been sailing through our celestial ...

"Cosmic rays can interact with modern microelectronics and change the state of a circuit." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

Dr. Zahida Sultanova works for the University of East Anglia and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She is a member of European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) and Ecology and Evolutionary ...

The Oct. 30 incident saw the plane rapidly lose altitude and sent at least 15 to 20 people to the hospital. Getty; Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty A space and radiation expert claims a ...

Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, has weighed in on cosmic space rays posing a threat to air travel. Getty Images This redefined shooting star. It’s not just spacecraft ...

A New Jersey-bound airplane that suddenly plunged thousands of feet in the air — sending 15 people to the hospital in October — was likely struck by cosmic rays from a star that exploded in another ...