We’ve all looked up at the night sky and wondered what those lights really look like up close. Stars, planets, the craters on the moon – they’re all up there, waiting to be explored but telescopes ...
A ‘selfie’ taken during Webb’s testing on Earth. Ball Aerospace After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the ...
Perihelion is the point on an orbital course that brings a body closest to the sun. C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) is an Oort cloud comet ...
Two weeks ago, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was at conjunction, on the opposite side of the Sun with respect to Earth. Last ...
If you'd like to see the moon looking particularly big and bright, it's worth looking up on Wednesday evening.
The best news for stargazers in November is that nights are much longer and you can start your stargazing well before 7 p.m.
The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...
An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is ...
Find out what's up in your night sky during November 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.
A rare interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is currently traversing our solar system, offering scientists a unique chance to ...