Quite a few comets pass through Earth's orbits every year, but the so-called devil comet earned a rather unique nickname.

WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon ...

When comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was first discovered in late September, it was almost immediately identified as a member of the ...

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with "shooting stars" and fast-moving fireballs ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. The perimeter of Earth’s orbit is roughly 584 million miles ...

On January 4, 2025, Earth will reach perihelion—its closest point to the Sun for the year—a perfect moment to reconnect with ...

Nov. 21, 2024 — Researchers have reported the discovery of a previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water. Inorganic chloramines are commonly used to disinfect drinking water to ...

In a remarkable demonstration of both the unpredictability of space and the extraordinary capabilities of modern astronomical detection, a small asteroid, designated 2024 UQ, recently made headlines ...

The effect of parallax, the shifting of nearer stars relative to those farther away as Earth travels around the Sun, is negligible — the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, only appears to move 0.77 ...

Increased solar radiation during boreal summer (June to August) due to the summer solstice coinciding with Earth's perihelion orbit (when the planet is closest to the sun) led to changes in ...