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For eager skywatchers, comets offer a rare opportunity to observe some of our solar system’s most dynamic objects. These icy visitors spend most of their existence in the cold outer

Are you or your family looking forward to the lunar eclipse coming next month? Spotting this celestial event with the naked eye is a great way to see it, but

A plan to build a light-polluting green hydrogen plant near one of the world’s most important astronomical observatories has been cancelled by the company behind it. The decision is a

A jet of charged particles moving at almost the speed of light, made from the remnants of a star that was brutally ripped apart by a supermassive black hole, has

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history,

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has a serious appetite for science fiction films in February, as it launches its “To Infinity: Space Travel In The Movies” series just as

It’s the final act for a star in the constellation Cygnus, some 1,000 light-years away. But this star is not dying without one final show, it appears — and NASA’s

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket can certainly overcome adversity. The Vulcan Centaur launched for the fourth time ever on Thursday morning (Feb. 12), carrying two spy satellites

Scientists investigating the puzzling, long-lasting, and extreme dimming of a distant star have narrowed the suspects down to either a so-called “failed star” brown dwarf or a truly massive super-Jupiter

An annular solar eclipse will turn the sun into a dramatic “ring of fire” on Feb. 17, as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, leaving a thin outer