A new crew is heading to the International Space Station, just in time for Thanksgiving, to continue important research.

December is an exciting month for those who like to look up, with a comet, a meteor shower, and a conjunction between the ...

Kappa Tucanae A, 70 light-years away, hosts dust hotter than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit that should not survive. Astronomers ...

Asteroid 433 Eros is swinging back into Earth’s neighborhood this weekend, bright enough for backyard telescopes and even ...

Ask someone on Earth for the time and they can give you an exact answer, thanks to our planet's intricate timekeeping system, ...

Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, a 500 km-wide icy world famed for its south polar geysers spewing water from a ...

Eight "skylights" may be entrances to underground spaces where evidence of ancient microbial organisms could be found.

Astronomers are reporting new findings about 3I/ATLAS, the rare interstellar comet now moving through the outer solar system, as NASA and research institutions expand monitoring of the object's ...

For decades, humanity has sought answers to one of the most profound questions in science: are we alone in the universe? The ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed visitor, reveals shocking data: high nickel content and unique cryovolcanism ...

December for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Geminids meteor shower, as Greg Redern highlights in December’s ...