Stargazers in parts of the U.S. have a fleeting opportunity this month to catch a rare celestial phenomena—a "parade" of ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

NASA astronomers say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 - but much ...

Black holes have been fascinating subjects of study, not just because they are cosmic vacuum cleaners, but also as engines of ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...

Asteroids were responsible for extinction events hundreds of millions of years ago on Earth, providing no shortage of ...

Dr. Danielle Pahud is an instructor in the University of Manitoba’s department of physics and astronomy and director of the ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...