"Even with just early, engineering-quality data, Rubin discovered 11,000 asteroids and measured more precise orbits for tens ...

Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near-Earth ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...

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. A remarkable ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

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Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy. By Kenneth Chang For only the third time, astronomers have found ...

An interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS, confirmed to be a comet, is passing through Earth's solar system. The comet poses no threat to Earth and will make its closest approach to our planet on Dec. 19.

Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to make astonishing headlines, thanks to new findings from astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This new research reveals that 3I/ATLAS ...