The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

“Most comets are active around 3 to 5 AU,” Gröller tells ... At that time, the comet was more than 21 AU from the Sun, beyond the orbit of Uranus. Coincidentally, the earliest of those ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Sometimes a comet such as Shoemaker Levy 9 will go into orbit around Jupiter and act as a moon. Others leave Jupiter's orbit and go back around the sun. Comets are like cats; they both have tails ...

The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings ...

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time ...

The comet was last seen in Earth's skies in 1986, Halley’s orbit period is on average, 76 Earth years. This corresponds to an orbital circumference around the Sun of about 7.6 billion miles (12. ...

The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets, asteroids and comets. Planets orbit the Sun in roughly circular paths ...

Comet C/2023 P1, Nishimura visible from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Space.com House Dems press for an 11th hour shutdown re-vote Bills to Trade Veteran CB Kaiir Elam to Cowboys ...