About 140 light-years from Earth, there is a planet that is rapidly disintegrating. The crumbling world is roughly the mass [ ...

Astronomers have spotted a distant planet shedding matter with each orbit around its host star, generating a comet-like tail ...

NEW YORK — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes ...

Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...

While not as dazzling as some of the more well-known showers, the Lyrids is a dependable event, producing up to 20 meteors ...

The Lyrid meteor shower is about to reach its peak activity for April. Here's when and how to see it, along with a cloud ...

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...