The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One of the key efforts is now ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

This view happens every 13.7 to 15.7 years, with the next side-on view taking place on March 23, 2025. After that, we will begin to see the underside of Saturn's rings and its south pole, another view ...

In the icy expanse beyond Jupiter and Neptune, a peculiar celestial body named Chiron has puzzled scientists for decades. Officially classified as 2060 Chiron, this 125-mile-wide object blurs the ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The universe is a boundless stage for cosmic events that captivate astronomers and stargazers alike. Among these pheno ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In 2025, Hawai ʻ i will experience numerous opportunities for skywatchers to observe a variety of ...

The new year opens with a better than average meteor shower and a great display of planets, including a six-planet alignment.

But later – hundreds of millions of years in the future – a permanent, virtually ringless Saturn will become real, thanks to ...