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Apologies to our art director, who must depict a plane plunging after being blasted by cosmic rays, which is something that actually happened.

Passenger Jet Suddenly Dropped From Sky for a Wild Reason, Airbus Says

By Frank Landymore

A team of astronomers say they've made the first ever detection of dark matter by examining gamma rays near the center of the Milky Way.

Scientists Claim to Detect Dark Matter for the First Time Ever

By Frank Landymore

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be passing by Jupiter to "seed" the planet with "technological devices."

Professor Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Releasing Sentinels Around Jupiter

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing cluster of objects in the Kuiper belt, an enormous, donut-shaped region of icy objects beyond Neptune.

Scientists Discover Weird Structure in Outer Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

NASA finally released an early "peek" at the observations of its spacecraft of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during a livestream today.

NASA Releases Long-Delayed Image of 3I/ATLAS

By Victor Tangermann

The observations are the earliest yet of a supernova, revealing in detail the moment that the shockwave obliterated the star.

Astronomers Witness the Moment a Fatal Shockwave Bursts Through the Surface of a Star

By Frank Landymore

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is still not giving up hope that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien mothership and says it's too early to call it.

Harvard Scientist Suspicious About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins Fires Back at Critics

By Victor Tangermann

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be firing its "thrusters" to leave the solar system.

Harvard Astronomer Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Blasting Its Thrusters to Get Away From Us as Fast as Possible

By Victor Tangermann

An analysis of millions of galaxies found that the universe is barreling towards what is literally a much darker future.

Scientists Discover That the Universe Is Getting Worse and Worse

By Frank Landymore

In a controversial new paper, researchers argue that the acceleration of the universe's expansion has slowed down.

New Paper Claims Everyone Is Wrong, Universe’s Expansion Is Slowing Down

By Victor Tangermann

NASA staffers are raising concerns over a dozen buildings on its Goddard Space Flight Center's campus in Maryland being emptied.

NASA Staff Horrified at Plan to Throw Out Incredibly Specialized Science Equipment Like Garbage

By Victor Tangermann

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is showing signs of "non-gravitational acceleration" as it reached its perihelion.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Showing Signs of “Non-Gravitational Acceleration”

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists were surprised to note that 3I/ATLAS brightened much faster than they anticipated during its perihelion last week.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Unexpectedly Started Brightening, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

According to astronomer Avi Loeb, it's the perfect day to test whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is the remnant of an alien civilization.

Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Reaches Perihelion Today

By Victor Tangermann

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.

Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet

By Victor Tangermann