In our most basic understanding of our Solar System, planets are drawn into the orbit of our massive star, the Sun. But what happens to planet-sized objects tha
At simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at a National Science Foundation-sponsored press conference at the US National Press Club in Washi
To understand galaxies, you have to understand how stars form. Over 100 researchers from around the world have collaborated to bring together observations of ne
Giant Comet Found in Outer Solar System by Dark Energy Survey
Estimated to be 100–200 kilometers across, the unusual wandering body will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2031
Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Bernardinelli Array G. Bernstein (UPenn)/DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys. Music by Zero-project :Through the Looking Glass (zero-project.gr) Acknowledgments: T.A. Rector, M. Zamani & J. Miller
Zooming on Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein. This zoom shows an image from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) composed of some of the discovery exposures showing Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein collected by the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.