The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

The interstellar comet known as 3I/Atlas will pass within 167 million miles of our planet Friday – the closest it gets on its ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

Smithsonian Associates offers a rich collection of curated programs this month Lauren Lyons Smithsonian Associates’ Grand Tour of the Solar System series treks to the Sun and the four inner ...

May 18—Some time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Gainesville space travelers took regular walking tours of the solar system without leaving their home planet — or hometown, for that matter. Soon, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Where do we come from? How did our planet form? How do we know about the history of our solar system? You can explore these universal questions in ...

The solar system walking tour was developed with the help of a multidisciplinary team that included about 10 graduate researchers who helped write and edit the information on the signs. The display ...

From its vantage point high above Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed this year’s grand tour of the outer solar system – returning crisp images that complement current and ...

Before 3I/ATLAS, the only other confirmed interstellar tourists we've seen were the now-famous, cigar-shaped 'Oumuamua' in 2017 and the slightly more conventional Comet '2I/Borisov' in 2019. This new ...