Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS
It may have made its closest approach to Earth last month, but the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS continues to…
Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway
A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the…
Astronomers Spent Years Watching a Planet, Then It Vanished Without a Trace
Astronomers observing the starFomalhaut, located just 25 light-years from Earth, believed they had detected a planet, later named…
2026 is the year humanity will finally go back to the moon
Astronauts haven’t visited our nearest celestial neighbor since 1972. That’s when NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison “Jack”…
Only 2 planets shine in January’s night sky to the naked eye — here’s where to look
TOP TELESCOPE PICK: (Image credit: Amazon) Want to see the visible planets in the night sky? The Celestron…
Startup Satellite Hits 1,800 Degrees, Cooks Up Plasma in Orbit for the First Time
A microwave-sized factory in space has generated plasma for the first time, bringing us one step closer to…
Astronomers detect rare ‘free floating’ exoplanet 10,000 light-years from Earth
Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to…
Nature carves colossal snowman in Siberia photo of the day for Jan. 2, 2026
On June 16, 2025, NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite caught a chain of elongated, oval lagoons near Billings and…
Astronomers Discover a Low-Mass Red Dwarf With a Massive Exoplanet That Shouldn’t Exist
A newly found world has joined the growing catalogue of known exoplanets, yet its basic properties appear to…
Quadrantid meteor shower 2026: How and when to see fireballs light up UK sky
The Quadrantids originate from the dust left behind by an asteroid called 2003 EH1 which orbits the Sun…
Will Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) be the ‘great comet’ of 2026?
After the excitement of three visible comets in 2025, another may put on a show in late April…
Night sky, January 2026: What you can see tonight [maps]
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can…