Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

As a comet spins up, it starts to fall apart, which is likely what is happening to Comet SWAN now before it ceases to be an ...

COIAS (Come On! Impacting ASteroids) is a web-based application that lets anyone search for Small Solar System Bodies (SSSBs) using images taken by the Subaru Telescope.

Comets, which are composed of ice, frozen gas, dust and rocky material, are believed to be relics of the early solar system. When they get close to the Sun, the ice breaks apart and the gas is ...

Scientists say a newly discovered green comet likely has broken apart and won’t be visible to the naked eye. NEW YORK — A ...

We have been moderately lucky with comets in the last several months. We had Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last October shining ...