Depending on how you look at it, this catchphrase from a 1980s pop song is decently accurate: you can actually melt the ...
Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...
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 ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, will swing closest to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday (Dec. 18 to 19). Here’s how to see it.
A pair of nascent planets have been caught smashing together around the nearby star Fomalhaut, and in doing so have solved the puzzle of its famous ‘planet’ ...
A massive collision between two asteroid-sized bodies around a nearby star offers a rare look at the violent process of ...
Our Solar System contains tens of thousands of potentially dangerous asteroids that could wipe out an entire city, or worse.