Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just flew by the sun. Next, the object will fly by Earth in ...

The comet is on what’s known as a hyperbolic trajectory, which means that it doesn’t follow an orbital path around the sun.

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple system closest to our own sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the ...

The post Astronomers Spot The Closest Ever Identified Exoplanet In A Habitable Zone, And It’s In Our Nearest Star System ...

Proxima Centauri Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighbor, lies a mere 4.25 light-years away. If the Milky Way shrank to the size of the Big Island of Hawaii, then the Sun and Proxima Centauri would be ...

Jupiter will make its closest path to the Earth and will shine its brightest on Dec. 7. This aerial display occurs when Earth positions itself between the Sun and Jupiter. There are a few options for ...

Three meteor showers and an orange-colored supermoon will soon shine above California. The beaver moon is one of three ...

These hot August nights can be great for stargazing. Here’s a look at what’s going on above us right now and later in the month. Lawrence Livermore National Lab enters a different kind of space race ...

These hot August nights can be great for stargazing. Here’s a look at what’s going on above us right now and later in the month. The expression “dog days” refers to the period from July 3 through Aug.