Last year, an interstellar traveler entered our solar system. Some speculated that it was an alien spacecraft, but it turned out to be a comet, 3I/Atlas, and it provoked interest from astronomers and ...

An interstellar comet that blazed past the sun and swung by Earth last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, ...

Traffic laws are starting to adapt to a reality where software now shares responsibility for what happens on the road. As autonomous driving technologies continue to proliferate across the automotive ...

Californians can expect new types of autonomous vehicles on its roads — including, controversially, self-driving big rigs — following new rules issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday ...

Permanent outdoor lights might not seem useful now that we're headed into summer, but they're actually great to use year-round. The name suggests exactly what they are: a type of string light designed ...

A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), could be the brightest of its kind visible from Earth in 2026. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun on April 19 and its closest approach ...

Comet C/2025 R3 is already drawing attention—and offers a rare chance to understand what separates an ordinary comet from a truly “great” one. Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) hangs above Bietschhorn in ...

Time to look up stargazers. There's another comet coming our way. A newly discovered comet, comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), which appears to have been traveling in the solar system since September, is ...

If you’re willing to sacrifice a little sleep, the sky has something rare waiting for you this month. One of the most exciting skywatching events of the year is slowly blazing its path toward Earth, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet Pan-STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1), which some astronomers thought could ...

John Noonan at Auburn University in Alabama and his colleagues had planned to observe a different comet with the Hubble Space Telescope, but limitations to the spacecraft’s ability to turn quickly ...