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A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...

The Moon might be getting some attention in 2032. A small asteroid, roughly 60 metres wide, could smack it. Experts say the ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

The findings may explain why the Moon’s far side lacks volcanic maria and differs so strongly from the near side.

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday3Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST. Also this ...

There will be plenty of chances to spot shooting stars throughout 2026, with meteor showers putting on a show nearly every month. The two biggest showers of the year are expected to have excellent ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted a desk-sized rock, nicknamed Phippsaksla, on Mars that looks suspiciously like an iron-rich meteorite. Roughly 31 inches wide (80 centimeters) wide, the lonely ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion. Astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

A day after fireworks usher in the new year, the sky will deliver its own light display with the first meteor shower of 2026 and a supermoon. Fireballs from the Quadrantids meteor shower began ...