The scene around WISPIT 2 is messy in a way that matters. Rings of dust circle the young star, gaps cut through the disc, and inside two of those openings sit giant planets still in the act of forming ...

STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS), is now visible before sunrise. Here’s how, when and where to find it on ...

It is part of Derrick H. Pitts’ nature that he can vividly recall the sky conditions over this village when he visited St. Lawrence University in the mid-1970s as a soon-to-be student “I had ...

When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in "The Empire Strikes Back," and we often hear how they are remnants from the birth ...

Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data ...

Key takeawaysThe Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer, or EDGE, will map the Earth's topography, vegetation, ice and coastal ...

This artistic illustration shows the TRAPPIST-1 red dwarf star system, home to seven Earth-sized exoplanets, several of which lie within the star’s habitable zone. In the foreground is TRAPPIST-1 b, ...

The Moon has no meaningful atmosphere, and its surface is frozen in geologic time. The only notable changes happen when ...

NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its craters could reveal its true origin.

Learn about the Orientale basin, a ringed impact structure on the moon that was recently seen by the Artemis II crew.

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A comet, now hidden in the Sun's glare, could become a notable presence in the evening sky by late next week, if it's not ...