Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

How many galaxies truly orbit the Milky Way, and what does their faintest glow tell us about cosmic evolution? The question, ostensibly simple, has become a problem for astronomers utilizing the latest technology in wide-field telescopes, computational modeling, and galactic archaeology. New discoveries are revolutionizing the Local Group census...

What is the source of an older-than-our-solar-system comet consuming its way through our cosmic backyard? For planetary scientists and astronomers, the visit of 3I/ATLAS just the third interstellar visitor is igniting a science dash, using advanced spectroscopy and survey methods to explore its ancient chemistry, galactic history, and the...

Can an institution as venerable as NASA be threatened with an "extinction-level event" not by some cosmic force, but by a pen stroke of a budget mind? That is the question ringing in the corridors of America's space agency, as close to 300 existing and former NASA workers astronauts,...