It will be a while before you can see it for yourself, however. Halley’s comet was last visible from Earth in 1986, meaning ...

Comet Lemmon is currently racing toward the Sun, while the fainter Comet SWAN is moving away. Both are set to make their ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted ...

New images of the 33-million ton interstellar object confirmed it is releasing a nickel alloy commonly used in the aerospace ...

Astronomers say the water that fills Earth's oceans — and the stuff you use to brew your morning cup of coffee or tea — may be older than the sun itself.

In 2025, the Orionids peak is perfectly timed to coincide with the New Moon. This gives us ideal sky conditions, with no ...

The night sky will host one of autumn's best meteor showers at the start of the new week as the Orionids reach their annual ...

October is full of astronomical events, with a supermoon and dim meteor recently brightening the skies over Los Angeles. Next ...

A mysterious 3I/ATLAS interstellar object has once again baffled scientists with its unusual trajectory in the solar system.

Astronomers have found a developing ring system around Chiron, an icy body between Saturn and Uranus. This discovery provides ...

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) as they encircle the giant planet. But smaller celestial bodies in the ...

Astronomers have made a stunning discovery that reveals just how ancient some of the water in our universe really is. Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, ...