A star projector shows stars in the night sky against an orange backdrop in the De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium in Cupertino on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Magali ...

A mysterious visitor from beyond our solar system is making a rare appearance: Comet 3i/ATLAS is an interstellar comet, traveling at breakneck speed and carrying clues from a distant star system ...

The star, called StKM 1-1262, is an M dwarf. Statistically, M dwarfs are smaller than the sun and far more active, meaning they send off more solar flares and CMEs. M dwarfs are nevertheless popular ...

"Astronomers have wanted to spot a coronal mass ejection on another star for decades. We’ve now managed to do this for the first time." Thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft XMM-Newton, ...

Probably the most famous of the annual meteor showers will soon be reaching its maximum: The Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are expected to be at their best for North American on Tuesday morning ...

The Divine Comedy, the poet’s tour of the Christian afterlife, is filled with strikingly modern touches—and a poetic energy ...

"It's going to look different because it didn't come from our solar system and that's what makes it so magical." Ever since the famous "interstellar invader" comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered in our solar ...

Astronomers identified more than 3,000 stars associated with the cluster, and there might be even more. By Katrina Miller Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright ...

The Leonid meteor shower is anticipated to peak during the late hours of November 16th into the early morning of November 17th, with favorable viewing conditions afforded by a less than 10% ...