PUNCH, a bold new NASA mission, has successfully taken its first images of the Sun’s corona from orbit using four ...

MIT astronomers estimate a planet 140 light-years from Earth may disintegrate fully within the next 1 to 2 million years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt.

Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, together with scientists from the University of Graz, ...

Meteor showers can be spectacular, but predicting when and where they’ll appear in the night sky has often been a challenge.

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

According to Culbertson, Venus will be the higher of the two “eyes” while Saturn will be the lower, and the thin, crescent ...

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked-eye spectacle.

NASA has launched the new PUNCH mission, which aims to deliver the first images of the outer atmosphere of the Sun and the ...