The interstellar visitor may still have a few things to tell us before it leaves our solar system.
The Draco meteor shower, originating from a Jupiter-family comet, is best viewed early evening between October 6–10.
All eyes have been on the nearly 5-6 km long exocomet, including NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, aka TESS.
For generations, Jupiter has been shorthand for a straightforward idea: the biggest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant ...
The international team of astronomers reports that all of the types of ice in the comet appear to be sublimating. This is the phase change where a solid turns into a gas, skipping the liquid phase.
Much of Wales and indeed the UK experienced a display of the northern lights on Monday and Tuesday night following a significant solar storm which whisked charged particles from the Sun in our ...
In this episode of Physics World Stories, host Andrew Glester explores the fascinating hunt for pristine comets – icy bodies ...
Skygazers who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot Saturn below it. Here's when and how to spot the conjunction.
Our comprehensive guide, curated by Astronomy‘s observing experts, lists everything you need to know to catch eclipses, ...
After passing Mars, slipping behind the Sun and approaching it closely, and gliding past Earth without saying hello, the object is now on its way toward Jupiter. There, on March 16, a small farewell ...
Saturn and the moon will appear close together in Nevada skies. Here’s how and where to spot the pairing, known as a ...
Early images of the asteroid come from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. There's no chance of it hitting Earth, astronomers say; the huge asteroid is about 200 million miles away.