Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

White dwarfs are the dense, slowly cooling remnants left behind when stars like the Sun exhaust their nuclear fuel. They no ...

Designed as a technology demonstration rather than an exploratory science vehicle ... was to push the boundaries of ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii, marks the third recorded interstellar object, following the discoveries of ...

Tiny life forms adrift in alien skies might one day expose themselves through the faintest play of light. A new study ...

Credit: NASA-JPL-Space Science Institute The frigid conditions on the surface ... on Titan's frigid surface — molecules that ...

Astronomers discover a 3-billion-year-old white dwarf, LSPM J0207+3331, actively accumulationplanetary material long after its star’s death, revealing ongoing dynamics in ancient stellar remnants.

A spectacular supermoon will dazzle skywatchers this November, its closest point to Earth this year, followed by another in December.

Recent research indicates that larger objects in the Taurid stream could pose a greater threat in 2032 and 2036, potentially ...