In July 2025, astronomers spotted something remarkable passing through our Solar System, an object that had not come from ...

Strange interstellar comet speculated to be alien spacecraft is older than Solar System - Scientists say comet represents preserved fragment of ancient planetary system ...

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

PARIS, France — An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar System and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar system. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was ...

Scientists are calling for a lunar quarantine facility where samples from Mars, the Moon, and beyond would be examined before being brought to Earth. They warn that even a tiny alien microorganism ...

Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.