Conventional images of the Earth and the moon place them close together, the moon hovering, seemingly, right over our planet's shoulder. Of course, this isn't accurate; we know just from looking at ...

The enigma of the intruder about the same size as Manhattan Island is making astronomers rethink what they know about cosmic ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Earlier this month, astronomers were thrilled to spot an interstellar object — only the third of its kind ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system on an extremely unusual ...

NASA’s Swift telescope spotted signs of water on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS - proof that water flows far beyond our solar ...