Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraft

February 28, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraft This mysterious interstellar visitor is on a whirlwind journey through our solar system By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron A camera on the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Jupiter Icy Moons…

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Daisy Fancourt on Art Cure: ‘If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day’

Regular engagement in the arts can lead to ‘widespread longer-term physiological changes’ Maskot/Getty Images I can pinpoint the precise comment that made me want to embark on a career researching the health benefits of the arts. I was fresh out of university, working in the NHS, managing the performing arts programme at Chelsea and Westminster…

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Is there lightning on Mars? New evidence suggests it’s there, just hard to see

February 27, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA spots new signs of lightning on Mars Two NASA spacecraft—the MAVEN orbiter and the Perseverance rover—have now seen very different signals suggesting lightning on Mars By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings An artist’s concept depicting NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)…

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