A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

Astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit joined The Excerpt to share the perspective gained from ...

Californians watching the sky in February have the chance to view a parade of planets and a snow moon. The planetary alignment that began in January will continue into February, according to ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Missed January's planetary parade? February 2025 offers another celestial spectacle. Discover when, where & how to catch ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

NASA is keeping a close eye on three vehicle-sized asteroids that will make close approaches to Earth today. The trio was ...

News of an unusual planetary parade has recently made headlines, prompting people across the globe to wonder how they can ...

In a celestial event known as a great alignment the five planets will be discernible with the naked eye, but to see Neptune ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

February kicks off what astronomers call “galaxy season” in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year offers the best ...