The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

NASA’s TESS tracked the interstellar comet during a special observation period from January 15 to 22, 2026.

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It’s a practice run for armageddon. With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most extensive planetary defense drill — with ...

Asteroids, comets, and meteors differ in origin and behavior—remnants of our Solar System that sometimes create dazzling ...

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NGC 7331, the sight of supernova SN2025rbs, imaged by George Gheirchi (US).

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...