"We were quite surprised," Dones continued. "Spirals are seen in Saturn's rings, disks around young stars and galaxies. The ...

As Bajaj puts it: "These James Webb Space Telescope data sets are so beautiful." ...

Up for a challenge? If skies are clear, you may be able to complete a rare feat of visual athletics this coming weekend, and ...

(One astronomical unit, or AU, is the average Earth-Sun distance of 93 million miles [150 million kilometers]). The space rock was "tagged” by OSIRIS-REx mission in 2020, when the craft briefly ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

Mercury measures at almost half of one astronomical unit between the sun and Earth (the distance between Earth and the sun being one astronomical unit), NASA stated. Meanwhile, Saturn is 9.5 ...

Mercury is almost half of one astronomical unit between the sun and Earth (the distance between Earth and the sun being one astronomical unit). The first planet from the sun is also one-third the ...

Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some visible evening passes through Santa Barbara’s skies ...

Led by Dr. DENG Hongping of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of astronomers used advanced simulations to uncover a novel formation ...

Meteorological spring starts on March 1 every year, while astronomical spring begins on the spring equinox, typically around March 20. The vernal equinox marks the first day of astronomical spring ...

where 1 astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the sun. Around 1,700 objects are considered to have an elevated risk because they make a relatively close approach to Earth ...