But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like ...

According to calculations from IFLScience's resident astronomer, Dr Alfredo Carpineti, using data from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, this will occur on November 13, 2026. After this date, the probe ...

Ancient rocks reveal a potassium-40 deficit, the first physical evidence of the proto-Earth and insights into early planetary ...

The house that Jupiter occupies in our astrological natal chart represents our connection to expansion, luck, and our highest ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shocks scientists with thruster-like jets and a vivid blue glow, fuelling debate over its ...

Skywatchers across the Northern Hemisphere have caught a fleeting glimpse of Mercury as it made one of its final visible ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb proposes that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be made of antimatter—"the most efficient fuel"—while NASA scientists remain sceptical.

As a joke, she labelled it LGM 1 for “Little Green Men”, but the astronomers working on it did not really believe they had ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

While to some 3I/Atlas is simply a weird-acting exocomet of unusual composition, others, such as Dr Avi Loeb of Harvard University, propose that we should consider the possibility that it is an ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is currently making its way through our solar system at a staggering speed of 130,000 mph.

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...