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Miguel Claro had no time to ponder the monolithic stones set about in the timeless landscape, monuments erected in ancient times in honor of unknown gods. He had a date ...

A comet returning after seven decades and putting on a spectacular show in our solar system is expected ...

They seem to shoot from the constellation of the twins Gemini, but the bold, bright, white shards of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more ...

Space is littered with cosmic clutter, leaving hardly a clear path for Earth as it orbits the sun. ...

A green space voyager that may have last been seen by the Neanderthals is making a return 50,000 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball will come within ...

An icy visitor from the far reaches of the solar system is expected to shoot past Earth and the ...

What began as a hunk of frozen gas and space dust orbiting the sun 20,000 years ago will ...

Life is about the journey, not the destination. And Stanley Aryanto is really enjoying the view along the ...

A gargantuan space rock over 2.5 times the size of the Empire State Building is set to whiz ...

What started as a tiny smudge of light near Jupiter in early 2021 became the brightest comet of the year ...

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most popular meteor showers of the year, will face some competition ...

Two couples had their eyes on the sky while getting engaged, capturing a rare comet the moment the ...

Discovered in April 2020 by amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazo, comet Swan entered our orbit and may become visible ...

In a rare event for astronomers everywhere, "Atlas," a huge comet roughly half the size of our sun, ...

A newly discovered comet hurtling toward the orbit of Mars has scientists scurrying to confirm whether it came ...

The Kepler Space Telescope looks for changes in the light emitted by some 150,000 stars. The idea is ...

On Monday, Feb. 29, around 18:45, many lucky people in Scotland and the north of England witnessed something ...

Two astronomers examining the findings of Philae and its mother ship Rosetta say there's compelling evidence that the ...

To scientists' relief and delight, the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet last fall has woken up ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the planet Mercury’s dark, barely reflective surface. Now they believe they have the ...

The first images of the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe comet orbit could provide clues about its origin ...

The closest planet to the sun appears to get hit by a periodic meteor shower, possibly associated with ...

The first results on comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained by instruments on-board the Rosetta spacecraft have been announced – ...

The European Space Agency received no signals from the Philae lander Saturday morning during a scheduled effort to ...

Ground controller will try to adjust the Philae lander to make sure its solar panels can catch the ...