Like an asteroid, a comet orbits the sun ... orbiting the sun beyond Neptune in a disk known as the Kuiper Belt or on the outer edge of the solar system, in the so-called Oort Cloud, about 50 times ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years from ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is buzzing with excitement as it tracks a 500-foot asteroid, set to make a close pass by Earth on 28 October 2024. While its size may raise eyebrows, experts have ...

distinct asteroid families in the main asteroid belt as the source of 70% of Earth's meteorites. "Asteroid families" refer to a population of asteroids, which could be composed of a handful or ...

Asteroids are small, irregularly shaped objects that orbit the Sun, mainly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Khaleej Times reached out to experts in the UAE to understand what ...

More than 50 years after he first entered the dojang at his father’s pioneering taekwondo school in Hobart, Mr Eagling has been awarded a rare 9th dan black belt in the Korean martial art.

Belts exist squarely at the intersection of function and style. Sure, they can keep a pair of too-large pants from sagging. But the right belt can also inject a dose of personality or whimsy into ...