On March 6, 1986, the Soviet Union's Vega 1 spacecraft flew by Halley's Comet. Vega 1 was the first of five missions to fly ...

SOME astronomical events we see often, like shooting stars, but these are only a fraction of the dazzling celestial wonders occurring over the vast expanse of time. However, there are still four ...

Siobhan Grogan checks into Wilderness Linkwasha, in Hwange National Park, and Wilderness Ruckomechi, on the banks of Zambezi ...

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), popularly known as the "Blaze Star," is surely on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening.

The noon Sun stands directly over Earth’s equator at 5:01 a.m. EDT on March 20. This point is the vernal equinox, or simply ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs this month. Venus transitions from evening to morning, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the late ...

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn all lined up to brighten up the night sky on Friday.

Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

In a rare 'planetary parade' all seven planets will align and be visible from Earth in a stunning display which won't appear again until 2040.