Hawaii’s sunshine, short rain showers and clean air together create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows ...

Don't put your binoculars away just yet, the planet parade continues through February. Here's which planets will be visible ...

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

NASA's Pandora mission, launching in fall 2025, will study the atmospheres of over 20 exoplanets, focusing on clouds, hazes, ...

our planet and the universe beyond. Previously, astrophysicist Jeremy Darling tackled: “What is the biggest thing in the universe?” This week, Ethan Neil, associate professor in the Department of ...

If it’s real, some may question whether something with a mass about three times Pluto’s counts as a planet at all.

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.