Gravitational lenses bend and focus light from the more distant cosmos, offering astronomers a cheat code for chronicling the ...

R esearchers looking for objects in the Kuiper Belt – the donut-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune containing icy ...

ATLAS, also known as comet c/2023 a3, will soon pass by earth. It won't be visible from the UAE for another 30,000 years.

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...

This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...

There are nine named meteor showers left in 2024, with at least one meteor shower being active at all times. That means you ...

Elon Musk has issued a warning for the public after a giant asteroid made a close approach to our planet. Reacting to ...

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...

Atoms inside a material absorb and then release any photons that enter, causing a delay in their travel time. But… Receive a ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright ...

The big attractions of our column today are a small eclipse of an especially big harvest moon Tuesday night and the arrival ...

Tonight’s larger-than-average moon will appear to have a “bite” missing.