Astronomers analyzing observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered further unusual features of our third interstellar visitor, and confirmed the presence of a rare “anti-solar tail”.
On July 1, 2025,…

Astronomers analyzing observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered further unusual features of our third interstellar visitor, and confirmed the presence of a rare “anti-solar tail”.
On July 1, 2025,…

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere.
Both hail from the outer edges of our solar system — possibly what’s known as the Oort Cloud, well…

October 16, 2025
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A Solution to the CIA’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years
After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos code’s final cipher
Kryptos, a…

Researchers have resurrected ancient microbes that lay dormant in the Alaskan permafrost for about 40,000 years. Permafrost ecosystems exist in a state of suspended animation, but as the planet heats up, scientists are worried that ancient…

When Skynet-1A launched into geostationary orbit in November 1969, the world was still buzzing from the Apollo 11 Moon landing just months earlier. Built in the United States by Philco-Ford and launched aboard a US Air Force Delta rocket, the…

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering Earth’s atmosphere increased by a record amount in 2024, locking in further global warming, according to a new report.
CO2 levels increased by 3.5 parts per million (ppm) from 2023 to 2024, marking the…

Long before starlight filled the cosmos for the first time, the young universe may have been simmering, according to a new study.
The findings suggest that about 800 million years after the Big Bang, energy from newborn black holes and the fading…

If you have a favorite planet or star, you’re in good company. Astronomers who devote their lives to the study of peculiar outer space objects are all too happy to gush about the ones they like best. From the cradles of new planets to the violent…

A volcano in southern Iran thought to have been extinct for some 710,000 years has stirred.
New research published Oct. 7 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds that an area of ground near the Taftan volcano’s summit rose 3.5 inches (9…

ROSMAN, N.C. (WLOS) — The former satellite tracking facility for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Rosman, North Carolina, is now up for sale, according to a listing posted on NAI Piedmont Triad.
The Pisgah…