Comets are often described as "dirty snowballs." They are made up of ice, dust, and rocky materials. When a comet approaches the sun, the heat causes its ice to vaporise, creating a glowing coma (a ...
The aurora borealis is one of the most beautiful natural spectacles on the planet, so it's worth a trip this time of year to ...
A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), discovered in January 2023, is on its way to becoming one of the most remarkable astronomical ...
Matthew Dominick continues to wow us with impressive astrophotography from aboard the International Space Station.
"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they’re streaming through the universe, doing their own thing. And the probability is, they’re going through the inner solar system at ...
The Narendra Modi government has approved Chandrayaan-4, a follow-up mission to the successful Chandrayaan-3, aimed at ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright ...
A growing body of research suggests that cosmic dust, originating from asteroid collisions and comet disintegration, may have ...