Mysterious Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from beyond our Solar System, will make its closest approach to Earth ...

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chan Mercury without a telescope and a "micro" new ...

JUPITER — On the second anniversary of Jupiter native Kellie Gerardi making the trip to space, the town has seen fit for all ...

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, ...

In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning jewel—a planet around a tiny red dwarf star that may have the right conditions to ...

Jupiter was shaping Earth's fate before our planet even existed, carving gaps in the early solar system that kept its ...

No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a ...

Everyone says "climate change" is driving the birth rate, but nobody is actually deciding against children because of the ...

Short-period comets get close to the sun much more often than their long-period kin, and every time they do, they deplete ...

Potentially the largest and brightest supermoon of 2025 will rise in early November. Here's how to view it in Illinois.

November's full moon will be the closest supermoon of 2025, set to shine for days. Here's when to watch and what to know about the beaver moon.