Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

It is a book for readers who have wondered, for example, where Saturn will appear in the night sky, when the sun will rise and set, or how long the space station will be ... Photographs of actual ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...

Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

The Angelo State University Planetarium will present 22 shows starting early February, here's the full schedule.

But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star ... Jan. 10, 2025 — Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity ... as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun. If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket ...

After attaining opposition with the sun last month, Mars is now moving away from Earth and consequently is now gradually fading down. It still remains an eye-catching sight, however, thanks to its ...