The idea of cosmic threats to Earth almost sounds like the stuff of fiction. But while alien invasions may be far fetched, ...

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

An incredibly rare sight can be seen in the Australian skies until Thursday - and won't reappear for another 800,000 years.

Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...