The problem with this idea is that Mars is a small planet with less gravitational pull than Earth or Venus, which have no ...

Adam Carlson caught a fine photo of October’s comet, the Tsuchinshan-Atlas, named for the Chinese and South African observatories that first spotted it.

Earth’s celestial companion is leaving. Well, not its natural satellite, but a temporary mini-moon captured by Earth's ...

Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that has been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of ...

If you are a dedicated sky watcher, you are about to be rewarded with the final meteor shower of 2024: the Geminids are here, ...

On a dark night, at the peak of the shower at around 2 a.m. (for all time zones), "you can often catch 50 or more meteors per ...

Blindspot Collective brings “Another Day in Paradise,”  a new play with music that highlights the lives and challenges of the ...

The Observatory is home to the largest optical telescope in the state of New York, a computerized f/4 Newtonian reflector ...

Chiefly, the finding could help explain why Pluto, the largest known object in the Kuiper Belt — a vast region of icy bodies ...

In 2021, Comet 67P made its closest approach to Earth in 200 years. The space rock may be speeding away from our planet ferrying two defunct robotic passengers, but its historic cruise alongside the ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument uses a telescope in Tucson, Arizona, to create a map of the universe's ...

The Geminids are "one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers," according to NASA, with up to 120 meteors falling per hour at its peak.