The first meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of January 2–3. Here’s everything you need to know to watch it and the ...

The Quadrantids, which peak in early January each year, are considered to be "one of the best annual meteor showers," ...

The Planetary Society website explained that the comet got its name "from how it was discovered. The '2024 G3' comes from it ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

The moon uses Earth’s rotational energy to take it into an orbital path slightly farther away. In about 200 million years, the moon will be farther from Earth, which will turn more slowly ...

For a solar eclipse to occur, conditions need to be exactly right. The moon’s orbital path around Earth is tilted by 5 percent with respect to the path of the sun through the sky (the ecliptic).