C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) brightened significantly ahead of its close approach to the sun.

A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

ESA's Proba-3 mission, made up of twin spacecraft capable of aligning to create artificial eclipses, has captured "rare" ...

The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...

Astronomers Identified a Lemon-Shaped Planet Displaying a Feature 'Unlike Anything Observed Before' ...

The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.