With 3I/ATLAS slated to make its Earth tour in two days, amateur photographers and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

July 2025 might be considered a "slack month" so far as planet viewing is concerned. In the evening sky, Mercury is available during the evening — though with some difficulty — low in the ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

The final 'planet parade' of the year will feature six planets aligning in the pre-dawn sky on Sunday, August 10. A planetary alignment, casually called a 'planet parade,' occurs when several planets ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. Here's how you can track its progress both during ...

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting the sun 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez In death, there can be great beauty. Astronomers ...

A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

For the first time ever, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged an exoplanet. I know what you’re thinking: “JWST has already found planets, what are you talking about?” That’s true, but it ...

Our parochial view of planets orbiting a central star — so familiar because it is the layout seen in the solar system — could be irrevocably shattered by new research that suggests giant, ...