"The Perseids, which peak in mid-August, are considered the best meteor shower of the year," according to NASA. "With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long 'wakes' of light and ...

Sunday marks the start of an alignment between Earth’s closest planetary neighbors, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which will form a parade across the Southern Utah skies for ...

MIT study suggests ionic liquid-based life forms could survive on the surface of rocky planets previously considered ...

Skywatchers who saw the Venus-Jupiter conjunction saw the start of an upcoming "planet parade" in the eastern sky. Here's ...

One such planet, known as exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d, has intrigued astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system; it is similar in size to Earth, rocky, and resides in an area ...

The Perseid meteor shower, known for bright meteors, will see reduced visibility this year, with only 10 to 20 meteors per ...

The Vulcan, the United Launch Alliance's newer rocket, got off the ground from Florida on its first national security mission for US Space Force.

The Perseid meteor shower is active from July 17 until August 24 the Royal Observatory confirms, but the quantity of meteors ...

The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, lighting up UK skies with up to 100 shooting stars an hour. Find out the best time and spots to watch this celestial show.

Skywatchers were treated to a celestial spectacle in August, with the Perseids meteor shower and a stunning conjunction of ...

JAMES Arthur Lovell Jr or Jim Lovell, a legendary American astronaut widely known as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, ...