China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object ...

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...

An object from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in ...

These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighborhood to another, so this thing has likely been traveling ...

Here’s how it works. (Image credit: ESA. Courtesy of MPAe, Lindau) On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet.

Our solar system is playing host to a rare visitor. A comet from interstellar space is hurtling toward the sun at about 68 ...

For only the third time in history, astronomers have identified what they think is an interstellar object — and it could be ...

Zooming in on Bennu samples A top-down view of one of the containers holding rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, with hardware scale marked in centimeters. This image was captured using manual ...