Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

A new image of the Sombrero galaxy from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has astronomers taking their hats off in place of a ...

Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...

Other winter wonders include Venus getting higher and brighter and Mars beginning its retrograde motion.

Sunday, November 24 Venus lingers long after sunset in the last weeks of the month, now setting nearly three hours after the ...

The aurora in early October followed by the appearance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS the following week had me thinking about the rare events we observe in astronomy.

Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.

"We're naturally nosy; we want to meet our neighbors and have a look at what they're doing." Over the year, Rosetta recorded up to two bathtubs' worth of water vapor and 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) ...