The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...

Using NASA's NEOWISE telescope, amateur scientists found a cosmic object going 1 million mph. At that rate, it'll whiz right out of the Milky Way.

Eta Aquariid meteor shower peak—May 5 A meteor streaks through the night during the Eta Aquarid shower. Peaking in early May, the shower is fueled by debris left behind by Halley’s Comet.

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the Milky Way to navigate hundreds of kilometers across the country during ...

News Release 18-Jun-2025 Stargazing flight: how Bogong moths use the night sky to navigate hundreds of kilometers Peer-Reviewed Publication University of South Australia image: ...

In 2020, he not only captured NLCs and aurora but also a comet! "On July 14, 2020, at the height of Covid, I captured the NLC's, Neowise [comet] and the aurora," Thomas told Space.com.

Aurora chaser and photographer Harlan Thomas ( @TheAuroraGuy) was about 18.5 miles (30 kilometers) north of Calgary along a ...

The Moon doesn’t rise until late tonight, leaving a dark window after sunset to explore the sky. Back in Leo in the west this evening, you might try your luck with Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between the moon and Mars.

Perched high in the Chilean Andes, the observatory will take hundreds of images of the southern hemisphere sky, every night for 10 years. In doing so, it will create the most complete time-lapse ...