Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

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The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

"This planetary pileup peaks around the full moon on April 12th, and it is forming a harmonious trine to Mars," explains Whit ...

Its proximity to Earth – about 50 to 70 million kilometers from mid to late April – means we catch more of its light, so it ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.