On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...

Scientists have issued a breathtaking new update on the mysterious 'interstellar object' racing through the solar system. This visitor from another solar system, named 3I/ATLAS, is currently rushing ...

Coal and utility-scale solar power each gained market share in the first half of this year, newly released data on U.S. electricity generation show. Natural gas, while still the market leader, lost ...

NASA's telescopes have captured detailed observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, confirming it as a natural comet rich in CO₂ and water ice. Discovered in 2025, the comet's composition and ...

Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought ...

The draw for the UEFA Champions League is here, and the pots have been finalised. The draw, which will take place in Monaco on Thursday, will see 36 teams divided into four pots based on their UEFA ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system Jay ...

Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus. In May 2025, African countries imported ...

Taylor King Boyles has been dreaming about solar electricity ever since he watched a Reading Rainbow episode about solar powered cars as a child. Mr. King Boyles, now 35, recalls making quips about ...

NASA's Psyche orbiter looked back and snapped a photo of Earth with the moon on its way to the asteroid Psyche in 2029. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU illustration As a NASA spacecraft whizzed away ...

"Not everything that is faced can be changed," James Baldwin famously explained in 1962, "but nothing can be changed until it is faced." At the time the late author, who is profiled in a new biography ...