Prepare for a celestial spectacle as the Orionid meteor shower graces the autumn sky from September 26 to November 7. Its peak, October 20-21, promises an exceptional display thanks to a new moon ...

The ice giants remain some of the most interesting places to explore in the solar system. Uranus in particular has drawn a ...

NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make ...

Comet Lemmon, also designated C/2025 A6, was discovered in January by a telescope scouring the night sky for near-Earth asteroids. Comet SWAN, also known as C/2025 R2, was spotted in September by an ...

It’s a cosmic puzzle piece that doesn’t seem to belong to any known set. We all know the Moon has a side that always faces away from us, but it turns out that far side might be hiding something ...

Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is this year’s brightest comet visible from Earth—an icy relic from the solar system’s origins that ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...