Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

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 ...

A rogue visitor from deep space, Comet 3I/ATLAS, has put NASA on alert after its trajectory and behaviour shifted ...

Harvard's Avi Loeb gives a '40% chance' that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is alien technology, citing 'anomalies' like pure nickel gas, a sunward jet, and a 'finely-tuned' trajectory.

Astronomers have identified 2025 SC79, a new asteroid with a remarkably fast 128-day orbit, placing it among the ...

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 ...

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 ...