From totality to tremendous light shows, our sun put on a shining performance.

Four Planets in One View! Each evening this month, enjoy a sweeping view of four bright planets at once. Also look for a ...

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

It's a new year and that means new astronomy events to look out for. Here's what you can see from Australia in 2025.

One of the highlights of 2024 was the Great American Eclipse that captured the attention and shielded eyeballs of many ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our Sun," according to NASA/ESA. Credit: NASA, ESA, P. McGill (Univ. of ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted in SOHO images on March 25, 2024. Full Story: <a href=" Credit: NASA's ...

After a spectacular 2024, which featured a year of wonder in the skies, including a total solar eclipse and rare sightings of the northern lights, 2025 is set to bring even more astronomical events.

The Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the New Year, has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather ...

The new year started with a dazzling display of Aurora lights, with Alaska seeing most of the action from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day.