It is not the first time this has happenedA strange object initially thought to be a newly discovered asteroid ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...

Astronomy and shooting seem to have little in common. But two space missions since 2004 resemble skeet shooting, albeit on a ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

For years, astronomers and astrochemists have puzzled over two big mysteries in space. First, they noticed that dense clouds ...

According to their new study, sulfur can bind with ammonium under icy cosmic conditions and form a salt that sticks to dust ...

An international team led by astronomers at Leiden University has shown in laboratory experiments that sulfur can bind with ...

29,885 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?29,885 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

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29,885 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?29,885 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

Let’s explore the history of comets, from Halley’s to the more recent Neowise and Leonard, and even the renowned comet 67P, which was outfitted with the Philae spacecraft. These frozen things have ...

January 2025 offers a variety of captivating celestial events. Key highlights include the Venus and Moon conjunction, Quadrantid meteor shower peak, a Saturn-Moon occultation, Earth at perihelion ...