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Interstellar Comet 3I ATLAS observed by NASA as it approaches Mars
Friday, October 10, 2025 by Austin Harris
A rare celestial visitor from beyond the solar system is offering scientists a brief opportunity to study material that formed around another star. Known as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third confirmed interstellar body to pass through our solar system. Discovered in July 2025...
Solar weather forecast AI model unveiled
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
IBM and NASA have introduced Surya, an artificial intelligence system designed to predict solar weather with unprecedented accuracy. Named after the Sanskrit word for the Sun, Surya is purported to be a major leap forward in the ability to safeguard technology and infrastructure from the volatile ac...
Backyard radio telescope
Sunday, August 10, 2025 by Richard Harris
To celebrate a major milestone, the amatuer astronomer Angela Collier decided to take on something many space enthusiasts only dream about, building a working radio telescope in the backyard. What began as a casual idea turned into a hands-on citizen science project involving soldering, assembl...
Complex planetary nebula traced by Webb
Saturday, August 9, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in all shapes and sizes. Most planetary nebula present as circular, elliptical, or bi-polar, but some st...