Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever ...

The Gemini North observatory, located atop Mauna Kea, captured a rare spectacle in November and December 2025. Its 8.1-meter ...

New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the ...

Hubble has captured a detailed new image of the Egg Nebula, a pre-planetary nebula 1,000 light-years away. The glowing gas ...

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is now known to be in the Jupiter family of comets, going from a little inside Jupiter's orbit to almost as far as Earth on its 5.4-year orbit. It is notable for its large ...

High water levels over the stepping stones in Ewell have caused them to be closed off to the public. The famous stepping stones across the Hogsmill River have been closed off after high water levels ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

This newly discovered comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS), a rare Kreutz sungrazer, could blaze brightly in early April — or it could disintegrate entirely. Here's what to know.

A new JWST study finds early galaxies at redshift 6–10 may be nearly as old as the universe at that time. One galaxy even appears older than cosmic age estimates, potentially challenging the standard ...

The interstellar visitor, only the third such object to be discovered passing through our solar system, ignited controversial ...

Studying the origin and distribution of hydrogen is key to understanding planetary formation and the evolution of life on ...