Earth Day is about celebrating our own "pale blue dot," but sometimes stargazing can help us appreciate what is right in front of us even more. Plus, looking up at the night sky is the perfect ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

After months without a meteor shower, sky-gazers now have a reason to keep their chins up — the Lyrids are here to kick off ...

The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...

The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according to NASA. During the Lyrids ' peak, 10 to 20 fast and bright meteors can be ...

This week is International Dark Sky Week. Lights that are aimed upwards or not properly capped illuminate the atmosphere and ...

Stargazers may be able to count several shooting stars overhead as the Lyrid meteor shower is visible in the night sky ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid. It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in ...

Travel experts have named the National Park among the top destinations in the UK for nature lovers to explore, as well as the ...

A newly-discovered comet is currently hurtling towards the sun and could be visible to UK stargazers. The unexpected comet is ...