Two papers authored by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel claim to show that thousands of “transients” in historic astronomical ...

A new study analyzing historical photographs taken by the Palomar Observatory between 1949 and 1957 has detected several ...

A team of researchers has presented the wild theory that an interstellar object might be hostile "alien technology" that could reach Earth in fall 2025. According to Live Science, the paper is ...

UChicago-led study analyzes massive galaxy clusters mapped by the Dark Energy Survey, offers new way to probe cosmic laws ...

To estimate the weight of a rock, you pick it up. Is it rough, or smooth? You run a finger over it. We're constantly gathering information through our sense of touch, which is closely connected to how ...

A Chinese research paper on an ejectable cockpit for high-supersonic flight has drawn attention after a mysterious blended-wing test object appeared at ...

As grad school approached for astrophysics senior Atsuhiro Yaginuma, he did not know what he wanted to study. That was until July 1, when the third ever interstellar object — a body originating from ...

The object could reach Earth in November or December, the paper says, but other experts say it’s nonsense. According to Live Science, the paper is controversial, was not peer-reviewed, and experts ...