A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.
Comet G3 is on its first voyage into the inner solar system, meaning it’s packed with volatile materials that have never been ...
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to Earth at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away. Credit: Gianluca Masi / ...
A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month. Veteran comet hunters have called G3 (ATLAS) the "Great Comet of 2025" due ...
The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.
The panic that ensued in 1910 following scientists' bizarre and baseless theories on Halley’s Comet is a testament to just ...
Updates on Asteroid 2024 YR4 have been slower during the full Moon, but experts say the precision of the object’s orbit is ...
To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers to tell us about the best nights of the ...
The trickiest member of this entourage is Saturn, which may be visible only for a short window right after sunset, depending on your location and sky conditions. That said, this celestial spectacle is ...
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...