A quiet, glowing gas cloud has been hiding in plain sight not far from Earth. For decades, astronomers have predicted that ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, July 4Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation (26°) ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...

The newest visitor is 416 million miles from the sun, out near Jupiter, and heading this way at a blistering 37 miles per ...

Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object ...

“On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, ...

A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), local spin-off company Spaceoptix, ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...