A streak of light is thought to be comet 3I/ATLAS as it flies past Mars from Wednesday through Tuesday and only the third interstellar object identified, according to NASA. Photo Courtesy of NASA/UPI ...

For over two months, astronomers have been closely following an interstellar object — dubbed 3I/ATLAS — as it screams through the solar system at a breakneck speed. The unusual visitor was only the ...

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Someone alert Ziggy Stardust, there appear to be spiders on Mars. Strange black objects seen from 200 miles above the surface of Mars are generating interest and speculation that the unidentified ...

The sudden silence of a veteran Mars spacecraft has turned a routine comet flyby into one of the most intriguing space mysteries of the year. After tracking a rare interstellar object near the Red ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's main goal is to detect faint light from distant galaxies, but it recently observed one of the brightest objects in the night sky: Mars. The space observatory captured ...

You're listening to All Things Considered from NPR News. The surface of Mars has a split personality. Even a casual observer will notice two distinct regions. In the south it appears craggy and ...

Venus is often called Earth's evil twin due to its size, mass, material composition, and density. It even feels like Venus should've become a second Earth. However, it ended up being one of the ...