NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles (240 ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of A11pl3Z, a massive new interstellar object entering our solar system.

Young planets are often too small to be detected directly, and many protoplanetary disks are too distant to be observed in detail. Instead, astronomers look for indirect evidence, such as rings, gaps, ...

Astronomers have witnessed a planet causing eruptions on its parent star. The discovery, published in Nature, could reshape ...

Astronomers have confirmed the presence of a new interstellar object hurtling through our solar system, on a trajectory that ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

What happens when a relic of the early Space Age unexpectedly outshines the cosmos, even for a fleeting instant? In June 2024 ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

L3Harris in Rochester played a pivotal role in building the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s massive secondary mirror.