Matthew Dominick continues to wow us with impressive astrophotography from aboard the International Space Station.

Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects ...

Like all comets, Halley’s Comet is slowly losing material each time it passes close to the Sun. As its volatile ices sublimate, it loses mass, and its nucleus gradually shrinks. Researchers estimate ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS originated from the Oort Cloud, a bubble of ice and dust that surrounds our solar system. It was ...

27, when it arrives at perihelion — the closest point in its orbit to the sun. The saga of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced Choo-cheen-SHAHN -ATLAS), is now coming down the home stretch.

Astronomers and sky watchers have their fingers crossed that an approaching comet could put on a nighttime show on Earth next month, but it’s already strutting its stuff for those in space.

Starting in late September, Earth is going to have a second moon for two brief months, as a small asteroid piece will be incorporated into the planet's orbit before heading back into outer space.

Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance ...

Wilmore will miss his daughter’s final year of high school but notably requested his absentee ballot Friday so that he would be able to vote from orbit. Fox News Digital reached out to Harris ...

It is expected to follow a horseshoe-type orbit to become a “mini-moon” of Earth on 29 September only to return to a path orbiting the Sun about 57 days later on 25 November, according to the ...

Incredibly, the comet takes 80,000 years to orbit around the solar system. To put that into perspective, the last time it would have been seen above Earth would have been in the Stone Age when ...