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Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS sparks a coordinated, multi-mission observing campaign The skies over our solar system are briefly hosting a visitor from beyond. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS…

An Interstellar Arrival: What is 3I/ATLAS? On July 1, 2025, astronomers detected 3I/ATLAS, an object believed to have formed around another star and only recently…

Enceladus Ocean Abounds with Organics, Hinting at Life The ocean hidden beneath Enceladus’s icy shell is rich in complex organic molecules, including precursors to amino…

New findings renew the case for a habitable Enceladus The ocean hidden beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus continues to surprise scientists. A…

Liquid Water on Ryugu: A Hidden Water Trail Across Time A recent study of tiny rock fragments returned from the asteroid Ryugu by JAXA’s Hayabusa2…

New evidence of complex chemistry in Enceladus’s ocean A study published in Nature Astronomy re-examines data from NASA’s Cassini mission and confirms that Enceladus’s hidden…

Fresh ice grains reveal complex organics The latest analysis of Cassini data, published in Nature Astronomy, strengthens the case that Enceladus harbors a chemically rich…

Introduction A new visitor from another star system has drawn the attention of astronomers worldwide. 3I/ATLAS, first spotted by NASA on July 1, 2025, is…

The discovery on Tiangong: a new chapter in space microbiology In May 2023, during routine operations aboard China’s Tiangong space station, researchers identified a bacterium…
