“This research helps us understand how planets form and evolve… by studying what’s happening inside Jupiter, we get closer to ...

SPHEREx tracked the interstellar comet as it grew considerably brighter after perihelion.

Historically, the brightest comets often become known as “Great Comets”. The Great Comet of 1965 – C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki) – ...

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world ...

Ad astra per aspera” is an ancient Latin phrase meaning “to the stars through hardships.” Forty years ago, the harrowing hardships of questing for the stars were seen in cold Florida skies when the ...

Artemis II echoes the Apollo-era missions that paved the way for the first moon landing — and sets the stage for what comes ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own Sun and planetary system. In Webb’s high-resolution look, the ...

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the term for being afraid of long words. It’s an obvious joke at the sufferer’s ...

During a special observation run earlier this month, NASA’s TESS space telescope recorded the interstellar comet’s subtle glow and tail, adding to archived observations that may reveal clues about ...

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, the tragedy is remembered not only for the seven lives lost, but for the engineer ...

NASA’s TESS spacecraft tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in January, capturing data on its motion, brightness, and rotation before it left the solar system ...