The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

The highlight of this cosmic event is Venus, which will shine at its brightest on Sunday, February 16, making it the most ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

An American Astronomy team at Brown University found themselves in a mystery when an Australian telescope recorded some ...