As the year draws to a close, the December night skies promise a dazzling array of cosmic spectacles. From the rare visit of an interstellar comet to the fiery trails of one of the year's best meteor ...

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, ...

Searching for exomoons—moons that orbit around another planet—was one of the most exciting capabilities expected of the James ...

Published in Nature Astronomy, the findings represent a first: while helium escape has been observed before, this is the ...

Scientists have detected tiny lightning bolts on Mars for the first time — they were found discharging around NASA's ...

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

Just as you probably avoid movies like Alive on a flight, the ISS crew likely skip these movies in space. The post The ISS ...

Scientists say that 3I/ATLAS has likely been traveling through interstellar space for a long time. Based on how fast it was ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded lightning and thunder on Mars for the first time, revealing the Red Planet’s ...

Scientists have discovered potential lightning on Mars by analyzing audio captured by NASA's Perseverance rover microphone. 55 instances of 'mini lightning' were recorded, primarily during dust storms ...