Jupiter's auroras were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ricardo Hueso (UPV), Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley), Thierry Fouchet ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

Between October 1 and October 7, 2025, ESA's Mars orbiters, Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, will be positioned to observe comet 3I/ATLAS as it makes a close approach to Mars. The ...

A new study warns of an undiscovered population of asteroids that could strike Earth with little to no warning.

In our own solar system, there are pretty good odds that you could stand on the surface of an asteroid and not even be able ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere ...

The next frontier for precious minerals could be much closer to home than the asteroid belt out past the orbit of Mars.

The asteroid's neck, or "collum," — which joins the two lobes — has been named Windover. The name comes from the Windover ...

Two decades after Silverpit was discovered, Nicholson and colleagues revisited the controversy almost by chance. In 2022, fresh off the discovery of the Nadir Crater off West Africa, the team received ...

Astronomers warn of hidden asteroids near Venus that evade detection, with some capable of crossing Earth’s orbit and posing ...