Engineers have designed a compact, battery-powered radio probe that could help unlock the secrets of alien planets. The proposed small probe, known as the Gravity Imaging Radio Observer (GIRO), would ...

As the search for life on Mars continues – with promising potential biosignatures identified last year by NASA at the Bright ...

On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space traveler had one very special quality: its orbit showed it had come from ...

Mankind must decide how it’s going to deal with contact with extraterrestrials — and time could be running out, one expert warned — after he sounded the alarm that an incoming interstellar object ...

Swinburne University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the Sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the ...

By the time the rumours reached the 'alien probe' stage, 3I/ATLAS had already slipped past the Sun and was heading back into ...

Take a deep breath. Reports that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is breaking apart have been greatly exaggerated – and radio signals received don't mean the object is an alien probe. In fact, quite the ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for astronomers to study an object born a long time ago in a star system far, far away.

Earlier this month, astronomers made a fascinating discovery: a mysterious object with interstellar origins, now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, that’s hurtling toward the inner solar system at extreme speeds. As ...