3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

Astronomers have been treated to a stunning fireworks display from around a young star called The events, detected in 2004 ...

Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its ...

Everything that has a beginning will have an end. From organisms to planets, the arc remains the same for all parts of the ...

For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed around an alien star not too far beyond ...

A pair of nascent planets have been caught smashing together around the nearby star Fomalhaut, and in doing so have solved ...

Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

Space is always inspiring and 2025 was no exception, with finding Betelgeuse’s buddy, debuting a prolific survey telescope ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...

Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s ...