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More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Observations of the fast-moving interstellar comet with the Very Large Telescope in Chile support similar observations made by the JWST.
NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein
NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has a new method for detecting worlds beyond the solar system, and it is thanks to Einstein.
Black holes buried in mysterious 'little red dot' galaxies could blast cosmic ghosts at Earth
Mysterious "little red dots" discovered in the early universe by the James Webb Space Telescope could harbor buried black holes that fire high-energy neutrinos through the cosmos.
Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are 'debris from a foreign rocket body', space agency says
The Australian Space Agency is warning residents of Queensland to be on the lookout after metallic-looking spheres, possibly space debris, appeared on a beach.
'Acceleration without fuel:' Revolutionary superconducting thruster harnesses Earth's magnetic field in 1st orbital test
A novel space thruster using superconducting magnets completed its first orbital tests. The technology could in the future propel spacecraft using just the power of the sun.
On this day in space! July 6, 1938: Discovery of Jupiter's moon Lysithea
The Giotto space probe, launched in 1985 on an Ariane 1 V14 launcher, brushed past the hidden nucleus of Halley's comet in 1986.
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away
Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid probe got up close to asteroid Torifune on July 5 and captured stunning new images of the double-lobed space rock.
Artemis moon astronauts visit Capitol Hill | Space photo of the day for July 6, 2026
Following their return to Earth from a 10-day journey around the moon and back in April, NASA's Artemis II astronauts headed to Capitol Hill.
