Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops ...

Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas ...

Instead, the Psyche spacecraft zipped by Mars to use the planet as a celestial slingshot on its journey to its namesake, the ...

An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. It's the size of the Eiffel Tower, shaped like a peanut and potentially ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft uncovered violent conditions inside Jupiter before its mission ended in the giant planet.

Australians will have their only chance to spy a newly discovered blue-green comet scorching past Earth during the next fortnight – coinciding with the flashy peak of a meteor shower – before the ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...

Venus and Jupiter are the top evening features for your observing run after sunset in May. Jupiter also hosts a handful of exciting double transits - and double shadow transits - involving Europa and ...

The once-in-170,000-years Comet C/2025 R3 is reaching peak visibility.  — Wikipedia/Dimitrios Katevainis A rare celestial event is set to dazzle skywatchers this month as a once-in-170,000-years ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object detected. Subaru Telescope found its chemistry changed near the Sun. Study: changing comet chemistry sheds light on planet formation Did our AI ...

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) has been getting closer to the Earth and sun as April progresses, and Nevadans could see it at its clearest tomorrow, April 17. The comet is potentially the brightest of ...

A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), could be the brightest of its kind visible from Earth in 2026. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun on April 19 and its closest approach ...