Research findings are available online in the journal Nature Astronomy. The original story “ Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS ...

Comet C/2025 R3 is putting on its final show as it passes close to the Sun before leaving the solar system forever.

Astronomers analyzed the vapors coming off the comet when it neared the sun and found it had a lot of "heavy" water. That ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to Earth on April 26 after surviving a near-Sun encounter that brightened it to naked-eye visibility under dark southern skies. NASA and ...

A meteor cluster reveals an asteroid disintegrating near the Sun. These observations help uncover hidden asteroids and ...

MAPS was one of a family of comets aptly called Kreutz sungrazing comets, and according to Karl Battams, the principal ...

A comet born around another star is carrying water unlike anything ever measured in our solar system. Observations of comet ...

New images from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile reveal a gigantic halo surrounding the galaxy, ...

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus ...

Viewing conditions improve this week, thanks to darker skies as the moon wanes following the last quarter phase on April 10 Getty Comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) orbits the sun every 170,000 years, ...

Messier 104, nicknamed the Sombrero Galaxy, is a popular target for amateur observing and astronomical research. Its ...