Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset. Mercury will reach its greatest ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

The "Starlink satellite train" has become a captivating sight for skywatchers, offering a glimpse of the future of global internet coverage. This dazzling spectacle occurs shortly after SpaceX ...

A recent survey uncovered several mysterious objects in the night sky, photographed before the first satellite ever made it ...

A U.S. company is proposing to 'sell sunlight after dark,' saying it could help power solar farms and provide access to light ...

Comet Lemmon is currently racing toward the Sun, while the fainter Comet SWAN is moving away. Both are set to make their ...

Double color Probably the most colorful double star in the night sky can now be found nearly overhead at 11:30 ... At least 55 solar systems could be lined-up edge-to-edge across the space that ...

The Orionids, which began Oct. 2, will continue to be active until Nov. 12, 2025. The meteor shower will peak Oct. 22-23.

National Geographic Explorer and night sky photographer Babak Tafreshi recently partnered with veteran NASA astronaut Don ...

A viral photo claiming to show interstellar object 3I/ATLAS over Argentina has gone global — but astronomers say it's almost ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Fiery space debris lit up the night sky over the Golden State on Thursday, sparking hundreds of reports from residents and leaving many to wonder what they had witnessed. The ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking Earth—or exploding in the sky—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have cautioned.