The dwarf planet 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun at 5 P.M. EST today. While this means we can't see Ceres for now, we ...

A rare photograph of Mount Everest captured from the space shuttle Columbia during the 1996 STS-80 mission is shared by NASA.

Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

In six years of tracking, Steamboat Springs resident Joe Brougher has eclipsed the 20 million vertical foot mark, the ...

The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus ...

From supermoons to a total eclipse to the national park’s biggest and best-attended star parties, these are the must-see celestial shows of the year ...

On Monday, February 10 at 6:09 p.m, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch ...

YR4, which was revealed on December 27, 2024, is now receiving greater attention as the chance of it colliding with Earth increases.

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...