Solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) makes its closest approach to the sun today (Jan. 20) during an event known as ...

While the James Webb Space Telescope provides a window into the ancient universe, SkyMapper focuses on the present by ...

Astronomers found an iron bar in the Ring Nebula that doesn't match any known stellar phenomenon. Scientists can't explain ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusually fast-spinning asteroid, 2025 MN45, which rotates every minute and 53 seconds, defying theories about asteroid structural integrity.

Exactly 85 years ago this weekend, astronomer Annie Cannon gave a radio talk titled “The Story of Starlight.” She was 78 ...

European Union leaders are using strong language like "intimidation" and "blackmail" to describe U.S. President Donald ...

The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will offer a varied plethora of programming to start off the new year.

LuSEE-Night will listen for faint signals from the cosmic dark ages, a period that began about 380,000 years after the big ...

The giant planet Jupiter is back in our evening sky this week. Fresh from its opposition with the sun on Jan. 10, it now lies as close to the Earth as it ...

The architect Barbara Bestor reimagined this $5.3 million Silver Lake home that dates back to the 1930s. It's a colorful ...

Hoping for a glimpse of the Milky Way? These user-friendly apps help stargazers learn more about objects in the sky, check ...

In a new study done with data compiled from the SPHEREx observatory, researchers found “increased post-perihelion activity” ...