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Best seen before dawn, the shower will reach its peak on the night of 5-6 May ...

Over the next two weeks stargazers have a chance to spot the blue-green orb and smudgy tail of comet known as C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS ...

On 'Star Wars day', researchers more than double the number of potential known 'circumbinary' planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker ...

New research suggests the Milky Way contains the remnants of an ancient realm it consumed billions of years ago.

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA's TESS mission--and it's paying off in a big way. By analyzing millions of stars, the system has confirmed over 100 exoplanets, including 31 brand-new ...

NASA's Moon program deadlines keep slipping, highlighting persistent issues -- and enormous technical hurdles.

Earlier this year, NASA fired up a "next generation" prototype electric thruster, cranking it up to record power levels.

A decades-old cosmic mystery has finally been cracked: the strange X-rays coming from the bright star gamma-Cas are caused by a hidden stellar companion feeding off it. Using cutting-edge observations from the XRISM space mission, astronomers ...

The discarded upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will smash into the Moon this summer, according to a new report.