It got within 140 million km on 14 January, but as it heads off again into the void of space, the southern hemisphere is best placed to see it. Australian National University astrophysicist Dr Brad ...

Astrophysicists have achieved a major breakthrough by capturing images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. Using the ...

It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...

G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...

View the planets and night skies from home - Heavens above! Your guide to the best telescopes for stargazing, created for all ...

The best events these next two weeks are Venus attaining its highest sunset or nightfall elevation, Mars coming its closest ...

Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...

Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s called a planetary parade. Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the ...

- A youth looks through a telescope during a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological Park in ...

For years, astronomers and astrochemists have puzzled over two big mysteries in space. First, they noticed that dense clouds ...

Photographer Josh Dury captured rare Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) in a dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image after a challenging ...

According to their new study, sulfur can bind with ammonium under icy cosmic conditions and form a salt that sticks to dust ...