Perhaps counterintuitively, the probe found the composition of the water vapor on Comet 67P was significantly different from Earth's, leaving scientists none the wiser about how our planet's oceans ...

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

ATLAS now a faint naked-eye object Moving across the constellation Ophiuchus in the evening sky, Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan ...

NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth ...

These two dates are when the meteor showers are at their height of activity, although they’ll be around for much longer than a single night. The South Taurids run from around September 23 to November ...

A meteor shower known for blazing fireballs is set to peak on Monday night into early Tuesday and could present a dazzling ...

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this weekend, with sky charts, before it ...

Find out how comets are connected to some of our favorite annual astronomy events with November's Night Sky Notes!

Comets have long been seen as omens and portents, and it's easy to understand why. They first appear as faint smudges of light in the sky, sometimes fading soon after and sometimes becoming brighter ...

Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Wednesday, Oct. 30, with sky charts ...