Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar system.

Billions of stars fill our galaxy that become visible at certain times of year. And in the U.S., that time, known as "Milky ...

Objects such as 'Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we're about to start spotting a whole lot more of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has ...

Earth’s journey through the Milky Way’s dense spiral arms might have churned up the planet’s surface 1. As the Solar System spins around the Milky Way’s centre, it passes through ripples of ...

Because I’m based in the northern hemisphere, my suggestions of what to look for in the skies can sometimes be skewed towards what we can see from that half of the planet. So, in this month’s column I ...

The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than 100,000 light-years. While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for ...