A new celestial discovery has astronomers buzzing: a small space rock, quietly trailing Earth for decades, has been confirmed ...

Simulations and satellite data reveal that Earth's magnetic field is more complex than scientists had thought. Scientists ...

An asteroid named 2025 PN7 has been in quasi-orbit of Earth for approximately 60 years. It's expected to stay there for ...

Earth will reach perihelion at 09:00 Universal Time on Saturday, January 4, 2025, the closest point to the sun in its annual, slightly elliptical orbit. The word comes from the Greek words peri (near) ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1, which some have compared to 3I/ATLAS, is due to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

At about 0200 UTC (that’s 1pm AEDT) on November 12, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Australian ...

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid. Space ...

Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to ...