‘Fireballs’ Will Soon Swarm Around A Supermoon — Here’s When To Watch
The Southern Taurids peak overnight on Tuesday, Nov. 4, through Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. getty The Northern Hemisphere’s…
Mayan astronomers built a 700-year-long eclipse calendar centuries before telescopes
More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping…
Hidden ‘Planet-Killer’ Asteroid Found in Sun’s Glare Exposes Dangerous Blind Spot
“Twilight” discovery: Astronomers have spotted a 700-meter-wide asteroid lurking in the sun’s glare, designated 2025 SC79, which orbits…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…
White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later
Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located…
Astronomers Have Discovered Earth’s Latest Quasi-Lunar Moon
The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasi-lunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid…
A dead star reveals the swallowed remains of its planetary system
LSPM J0207+3331 was discovered in 2019 by a citizen scientist participating in the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project.…
How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun
Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals,…
Watch suspected space junk be found on remote road in Australia
See mysterious debris (possibly from space) found in Australia Burning space “junk” was found at rural mining site…
Scientists May Have Found the Smallest Clump of Dark Matter Ever Seen — and It’s Still a Million Times Heavier Than the Sun
Overlay of the infrared emission (black and white) with the radio emission (colored). The dark, low-mass object is…
Titan’s icy surface hides a chemical mystery that could explain how life began
For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil…
Orionid meteor shower to hit 2025 peak. When it is, how to view
The Orionid meteor shower, which is due to peak in a matter of days, is the second shower…