China’s Mars orbiter, Tianwen-1, took the first close-up pictures of Comet 3I/Atlas, which has been in the news for a couple of months now. So, do these pictures give scientists some information about ...

Today, Mars is known as the red planet, for its rust-colored desert landscape. Once upon a time, Mars was a very different place. It had complex waterways and, possibly, ancient aliens. Researchers ...

On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space traveler had one very special quality: its orbit showed it had come from ...

Astronomers have been scanning the skies for alien radio signals for decades, but so far they’ve heard nary a peep (with one possible exception). But according to a recent study, that could be because ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...