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An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

Scientists Announce Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals

By Victor Tangermann

Three symmetrical jets jutting out of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS are showing up in Hubble observations, puzzling astronomer Avi Loeb.

Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

For future Moon missions, South Korean scientists created a small rover with a special wheel that can expand and contract like kinetic art.

Korea Tests Ultra-Rugged Robot to Explore the Moon’s Mysterious Caves

By Sharon Adarlo

Astronomer Avi Loeb argued that other objects like interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS could be useful for reaching out to aliens, if they exist.

We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

Over the weekend, NASA conducted a dress rehearsal for its scheduled February launch date of its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.

Astronauts Suit Up for Their Journey to the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a planet so close to its star that it's stretched into the shape of a lemon.

James Webb Discovers Planet Shaped Like Lemon

By Frank Landymore

Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.

This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.

James Webb Spots First Ever Supermassive Black Hole to Be Yeeted Out of Its Home Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover set a record by driving a quarter mile in a single day, doing so autonomously.

NASA Now Letting Mars Rover Drive Autonomously

By Frank Landymore

NASA failed to reestablish contact with its MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars and hasn't received any signs of life since December 4.

NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost

By Victor Tangermann

A "detection of a wobbling high-altitude jet" in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb intrigued.

Scientists Say They’ve Found Another Anomaly About 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

A growing number of Chinese companies are trying to unabashedly rip off SpaceX's Starship launch platform.

China Is Absolutely Obsessed With Copying SpaceX’s Starship Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

Over a month after its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, observations still clearly show 3I/ATLAS' "anti-tail."

3I/ATLAS Still Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth

By Victor Tangermann

The spider-like formation could be evidence of epic eruptions of water that blast through Europa' surface.

Scientists Intrigued by Large Spider-Like Blob on Europa

By Frank Landymore

NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

NASA Rover Captures Electric Dust Devils Wandering the Surface of Mars

By Frank Landymore

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is making its closest approach to Earth in just over a week from now, coming within 167 million miles.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Now Approaching Earth

By Victor Tangermann