NASA’s SPHEREx mission observed infrared emissions from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, documenting changes in dust, gas, and ...

Explore Earth's cutting-edge defenses against asteroid impacts in this comprehensive overview. Learn how NASA and ESA are tracking thousands of Near-Earth Objects using advanced systems like SENTRY II ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

The largest planet of the solar system, Jupiter, has a rather large family of moons that make up the complex Jovian system. Recent official lists contain names of 95 moons that orbit Jupiter, but this ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but the fear it caused has astronomers worried about scare tones in the media. The asteroid initially had an approximate 3% chance for impact with ...

Astronomers are tracking a visitor called 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object ever observed. The two previous instances were 1I/’Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. 3I/ATLAS is ...

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast to be limited.

The Sun is putting on quite a show right now. Earth-facing sunspot region 4366 has been erupting almost non-stop since it emerged on January 30, producing six X-class solar flares so far.

The lights are forecasted to reach 11 northern states near the Canadian border.

An asteroid alert rarely starts with certainty. It begins with a faint point of light and a short run of observations, so ...

The sun released three X-class solar flares on Sunday evening, with the largest being an X8.1 flare, the third largest of ...