Comet Dust Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet has an orbit of 133 years and last entered the inner solar system in 1992. Even though ...

Dim Mars is now only visible for a short time in the evening twilight, and appears low over the western horizon, with a slender crescent Moon beside it on the...

The Southern delta Aquariids is a major meteor shower, active from around July 18th to August 12th, with its maximum typically occurring on the night of July...

Depictions of the mythical creatures known as Blemmyes: humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast.

A documentary film uncovering the hidden, human cost of America’s moonshot.

Uranus is lost in the Sun’s glare, but if you have an unobstructed view towards the west-northwest, you may be able to see Jupiter very low over the horizon during the first few days of the month.

ALT: a man is pulling a clock with the words weekend clock and weekday clock

YouTube video by Space Telescope Science Institute

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), are moving in opposing directions along two distinct ...