Podcaster Dan Schreiber reflects on his own inexplicable beliefs in a book, as well as the thin line between genius and ...

One of Canada’s most renowned astronomers and amateur astrophotographers has died, leaving behind a legacy of pioneering ...

As Halley’s Comet races back toward the Sun, it carries centuries of cosmic memory. Scientists now know it leaves behind dazzling meteor showers and clues about the birth of our solar system. This ...

Stargazers eager to catch a rare green comet in the sky tonight, Saturday, Oct. 25, are in for a double cosmic treat as Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN are close to Earth and visible in the sky this ...

No two comets are exactly alike. Of course, they can appear similar. Two decently bright comets that share a superficial resemblance are gracing our skies right now, in fact: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and ...

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OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet browsers are vulnerable to attacks that spoof the built-in AI sidebar and can lead users into following malicious instructions. The AI Sidebar Spoofing attack was ...

A newly found interstellar comet poses absolutely no threat to Earth, but a NASA-coordinated group plans to observe it to help our ability to monitor any future objects that might prove to be ...

A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye this week, and its name should give you a clue about where it was spotted first. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was discovered early this year by ...

All sorts of crazy things have been suggested regarding 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object that we've discovered. Some are simply conspiracy theories about it being an alien spacecraft, ...

Comet Lemmon, a comet discovered in January, may be visible with the unaided eye after sunset this week. Credit: Creators.com illustration It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a decently bright ...

An ancient comet discovered in our solar system this summer is offering a rare opportunity to learn more about distant planetary systems far beyond the reach of any spacecraft, researchers say. The ...