In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

At that time, the comet was more than 21 AU from the Sun, beyond the orbit of Uranus. Coincidentally, the earliest of those ...

Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines ...

A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...

Subaru Telescope’s celebration of its 25th anniversary is wrapping up in March 2025. There have been multiple projects to ...

G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in ...

The agency is encouraging astronomy clubs to throw “star parties” to introduce people to the nebulae and galaxies spotted by ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The comet was beautifully captured by César Briceño, director of the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope. Briceño used a mirrorless DSLR camera with an 85mm lens at ISO 1600 to get 10 ...