Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

The clip was recorded by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson while she was on a 7-hour spacewalk with fellow astronaut Shane Kimbrough.

Archival data revealed that the object has been in an Earth-like orbit for around six decades. Some four million kilometers ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) often share breathtaking views of Earth, but one recent photograph ...

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

The meteors, per the American Meteor Society, are active annually from around Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 and can each streak up to ...

So the best bet to see the Comet Lemmon in the Connecticut night sky will be to look out just after sunset, around 6 p.m., ...