In this artist’s impression, a comet erupts with jets of gas as it falls toward the sun from the depths of the outer solar system. There’s a giant ball of ice barreling through the solar system right ...

There’s a giant ball of ice barreling through the solar system right now, and it’s bigger than any we’ve seen before. It poses no threat to Earth, but this comet, called C/2014 UN271 ...

A colossal comet from another star is ripping through our solar system right now. Designated 3I/Atlas, this behemoth is up to 20 kilometers wide and traveling at a blistering 240,000 km/h on a one-way ...

While you’re reading this, the universe is basically throwing the most epic crash party imaginable, with galaxies, stars, and planets smashing into each other at speeds that would make “The Fast and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: ⁠Extraterrestrial meteorites might be of interstellar origin for a few reasons. They may have unusual compositions, be crystals that formed earlier than our sun ...