In 1997, a group of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult believed the 1995 discovery of the Hale-Bopp comet signaled a rapture, as scientists believed it would pass closest to the Earth in March 1997.

A long-tailed comet named C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was first spotted near the sun on 12 September. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

While Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was visible via binoculars during a near approach to Earth in October 2024, the ...

Catch a delicate crescent moon from Sept. 23–27 and watch it pair with Spica, Mars and Antares in the west after sunset.

Skywatchers are in for a treat this October. Two comets, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), may become visible to the ...

Set your alarm for a stunning spectacle! Venus, Moon, and Regulus will align in Leo Saturday morning. The rare celestial ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor shower.

October will see four meteor showers streak across Michigan skies as the Draconids, Orionids, Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids provide a monthlong light show late at night, according to EarthSky.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...

In the coming months, night sky enthusiasts can enjoy several supermoons, a meteor shower and planets appearing bigger and ...