The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

Billions of years ago, in the icy outskirts of the solar system, a dramatic collision forged the unusual pairing of Pluto and ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024), first spotted in April, is expected to be so vibrant that it will rival the brightness of Venus in ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is set to become visible for the first time in 160,000 years - and you don't want to miss it.

Emerging from the Oort Cloud in the solar system, the G3 comet was first discovered on 5 April last year by the Asteroid ...

The comet has been hurtling through space for thousands of years and won’t pass by Earth again until year 162025 ...

Here’s something that you’ll kick yourself if you miss – a comet that only grazes the Earth every 160,000 years will be ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

Mars will seem to disappear behind the full wolf moon Monday for many sky-gazers. Throughout January, also look up to see ...

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that ...