Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...

Clouds produced an incredible lunar halo that was widely seen in the D.C. area Friday night. Depending on cloud cover, there ...

The Geminid meteor shower​ will be peaking Friday and Saturday night in Boston and will be visible in the sky.

The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. EST. At that time, the Moon sits in Aries the Ram, while Uranus ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Here's what the twelfth and final full moon of the year could mean for your zodiac sign when it peaks on Dec. 15 ...

Weather permitting, Jupiter will not only be brighter than most other stars and planets in the evening sky, but will also be ...

With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year, including, for the ...

As a bonus, the 6th-magnitude open cluster M36 is just 1° east of Eunomia, or 2° east of Phi Aur, with the main-belt world ...

The Geminid meteor shower is due to peak on December 13, but there's plenty of other celestial sights to feast your eyes on ...

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," ...