Tag: astrophysics
Avi Loeb: How Interstellar Objects Are Sparking a Science Revolution
Imagine peering into the vast, silent expanse of space, knowing that countless mysteries float just beyond our gaze. But what if some of those...
Scientists are baffled as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS just unexpectedly brightened.
Imagine a cosmic wanderer, a visitor from the vast emptiness between star systems, quietly making its way through our solar neighborhood. Now imagine that...
Avi Loeb: My Thoughts on Why Comet ATLAS Mysteriously Sped Up Near the Sun
The cosmos continually throws curveballs, and few phenomena capture our imagination quite like a mysterious comet. Remember Comet ATLAS? It was once hailed as...
First Proof: Something Besides Gravity Sped Up Comet 3I/ATLAS Near the Sun
In the vast, predictable dance of our solar system, gravity is the undisputed choreographer. Planets orbit stars, moons orbit planets, and comets, those icy...
New Discovery: Something other than gravity is pushing interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passes the Sun.
The universe, vast and enigmatic, often serves up surprises that challenge our most fundamental understandings. We've long believed that gravity is the primary architect...
Meet Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor with a surprising secret: nickel!
Imagine catching a glimpse of a tourist from an entirely different country, but instead of a different nation, it’s a different star system. That’s...
A scientist says the mysterious interstellar object might be slamming on the brakes.
The universe, vast and indifferent, occasionally tosses us a cosmic curveball. A few years ago, we got one in the form of a mysterious...
The tail of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears to have changed direction, the Nordic Optical Telescope reports.
Imagine an object, a true cosmic wanderer, sailing through the vast emptiness between star systems. Then, imagine that same object, having just entered our...
Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue ‘fingerprints’ on light – Space
For decades, dark matter has been the universe's most elusive secret. We know it's out there, making up about 27% of the cosmos, because...
Groundbreaking new image proves existence of black hole pairs — seen orbiting each other for the first time – New York Post
For years, black holes have remained cosmic phantoms – their existence confirmed by their gravitational pull, their presence inferred through indirect means. They are...
Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS May Be A 10-Billion-Year-Old Time Capsule From An Earlier Age Of The Universe – IFLScience
Imagine holding a message in a bottle, not from across an ocean, but across galaxies, launched billions of years before our Sun was even...
“I Thought It Was a Glitch”: NASA Confirms a Mysterious Sphere Escaping the Milky Way at 1 Million Miles Per Hour (and no one...
Sometimes, the universe throws a curveball so wild, so utterly unexpected, you almost wish it were just a software bug. “I thought it was...
