Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...

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 ...

Since its discovery, hundreds of observations of the comet have been logged into the International Astronomical Union’s Minor ...

Fireballs are common during the Lyrids due to the exceptional speed that comet Thatcher debris travels at in the stream. Hitting the top of Earth's atmosphere at around 100,000 km/hr, anything bigger ...