By the time the 1980s rolled around, science fiction had traded in its dusty space helmets and doomsday bunkers for something a little flashier. This was the decade of home computers, cable TV and ...

Remember that foreign space object hurtling towards us at break-neck speed? Well, the suspected comet, 3I/ATLAS, soared past Mars earlier this week, giving astronomers a closer glimpse. And now, ...