I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object known to enter our Solar System, following ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Discovered on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey ...

"If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an extraterrestrial civilization." The post Professor Says Mysterious Interstellar ...

A look at the enduring mystery of the ‘Star of Bethlehem’, exploring whether Jupiter, rare planetary alignments, comets or supernovae could explain the celestial event that has fascinated astronomers ...

After originally believing the "continuously active" object in Jupiter's orbit was the first-known active "Trojan asteroid," scientists have issued a correction and it's just a regular comet. The ...

Astronomers were abuzz last week following the discovery of an active asteroid in Jupiter’s orbit, in what was thought to be a new type of celestial object. Follow-up investigations have revealed it ...

The cosmos rarely offers precise coincidences without a hidden cause. As the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS cuts a path ...

Amateur astronomers using backyard telescopes were the first to detect two small objects that burned up in Jupiter’s atmosphere on June 3 and Aug. 20. Professional astronomers at NASA and other ...

Jupiter is a cosmic vacuum cleaner. Owing to its girth — the gas giant wields the mass of 318 Earths — Jupiter can pull many objects into its orbit (though it can fling some toward Earth's ...

It’s neither an asteroid nor a comet but something in between. It’s also parked within Jupiter’s orbit, making this object the first of its kind to ever be detected. Update, 5/27/2020, 10:35 a.m.: ...