Parker Solar Probe Makes History by Touching the Sun 8 million miles above the Sun's surface on December 24, 2024, traveling ...

Astronauts orbiting Earth recently photographed not one but two comets while an aurora show danced below them. The ...

In October, a pair of comets known as Lemmon and SWAN also left trails of dust and gas as they continued along their vast ...

Spectroscopy of other stars has led to most discoveries of exocomet systems. In research led by University of Colorado ...

While the feds idled, an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS was barnstorming the solar system, at a speed that reached 153 ...

Indonesian authorities say they are helping more than 170 climbers caught by Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption to return to ...

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.

Didn't catch the Leonid meteor shower Sunday night? The peak of the shower may be visible into early morning Tuesday.

Skywatchers around North America will have a chance to see the Leonid meteor shower peak on Nov. 17. Since the moon will be ...

Space looks very dark from Earth. But does the solar system, and the universe for that matter, have an area that's the ...

Tuesday night, the Northern Lights, also know as the aurora borealis, were visible in many parts of the U.S. Tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 12, the Northern Lights are expected to illuminate the skies again ...

Comets of this type aren't everyday sightings. The opportunity to observe objects that might have orbital periods measured in thousands of years is fleeting. So when Comet Lemmon recently appeared in ...