Today in the history of astronomy, an eclipse isn’t the only stunning thing in the sky.

These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular ...

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

In our solar system, thousands of asteroids orbit dangerously close to Earth, known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Among them, one asteroid has sparked significant concern: Apophis. This massive ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

This opens a window into a time when the universe was still forming its first complex molecules, when gas and dust clouds were coalescing into the earliest generations of stars and worlds. In effect, ...

A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to ...

Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...