What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft. The Earth is over 260,000 miles away (418,000 km) in ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, and found that ...

A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

"This finding is the first direct evidence of water’s interstellar journey from clouds to the materials that form planetary ...

The film The Dish helped reintroduce a new generation of Australians to the critical role the Parkes Observatory played in the Moon landing. Twenty-five years after its release, the film has had a ...

Mississippi State's Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with the Astronomy Club, plans to host a special event just in ...

HT spoke at length with Fr Richard via an email interview about his appointment, his responsibilities and how faith and science can go hand in hand | Latest News India ...

Late October offers a meteor shower generated by Haley's Comet plus a once in a lifetime comet that streaks by Earth every ...