Humanity continues to move closer to catastrophe, scientists said Tuesday, Jan. 27. The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to the reset of the ominous but symbolic ...

Arizona held on to No. 1 by a single point over fast-closing Michigan in the AP Top 25 on Monday, making it one of the closest races for the top spot in the 78-year history of the men’s college ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. Reading time 3 minutes From the moment astronomers discovered ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The earth’s journey around the Sun is not a perfect circle. Instead, our planet follows a slightly oval-shaped path called an ellipse, meaning our distance from the Sun changes ...

An interstellar object from another star system is passing Earth and it’s behaving in a way scientists didn’t expect. Its strange pulsing cycle, glowing green coma, and shifting rhythm have sparked ...

Everyone's favorite interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, flew past Earth overnight, coming within about 168 million miles (270 million kilometers) of our planet. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

High-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans were used to generate 3D reconstructions of fractured bones, which were converted into point clouds. The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm was ...

Comet 3I Atlas just passed its closest point to the sun, about 130 million miles away. Scientists say that distance means it's likely to survive the sun's heat and continue its journey through space.

Perihelion takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar comet should in theory be at its most active. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...