A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

Stargazers across the Southern Hemisphere have been treated to views of a comet throughout the opening weeks of 2025. This past weekend, the cosmic spectacle became even more stunning as it ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

James Gunn’s Superman has Krypto, could the DC Universe’s Supergirl have Comet the Super-Horse? Who on Earth Is Comet the Super-Horse? Comet debuted in Adventure Comics #293 in 1962 ...

This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...