Solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) makes its closest approach to the sun today (Jan. 20) during an event known as ...

In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to ...

The Artemis II mission will set several notable human spaceflight records. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the Solar System marks a rare final farewell. Learn how to watch the last livestream and why scientists care, today!!

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact ...

Tune in today (Jan. 16) to bid farewell to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, courtesy of a livestream from the Virtual Telescope ...

A group of about 1,000 stars known as the beehive cluster is swarming a sky near you. Here's when and how to see them.

Within a few dozen light years of the Sun, the sky is crowded with stars that could, in principle, host living worlds. I want ...