BENGALURU: As the world gears up to witness the 3I/ATLAS comet as it gets its closest shave with Earth on December 19 (Friday ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this week on Dec. 19, 2025. Here's the latest news ...

While these free events do indeed happen each month, the gathering that's set to sparkle Dec. 20 feels a bit special: It's ...

A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration ...

With 3I/ATLAS slated to make its Earth tour in two days, amateur photographers and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch ...

Night sky update for December 17, 2025, covering the moon phase, visible planets, meteor showers, and key space and astronomy news from today ...

The latest science news and investigations across archaeology, space, biology, and astronomy.

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

From the moment she looked through a telescope, Marissa Norlund knew she was an observational astronomer.

A new chapter in astronomy education has begun at Kitt Peak National Observatory with the grand opening of the Windows on the ...