Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

Astronomers have discovered a gigantic comet, possibly the largest ever, which is emitting jets of carbon monoxide from its interior.

This is just 0.5 percent of all the galaxies that the Rubin Observatory will collect during its Legacy Survey of Space and ...

On March 8, ALMA spotted a pair of jets blasting out of the comet's nucleus – its solid icy core. Spectrometry revealed that ...

Astronomers are shocked as the largest comet ever seen, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, erupts with gas jets while still far beyond ...

Scientists aimed ALMA at the comet in March 2024 and saw carbon monoxide — a gas that usually doesn’t show up in observations that far away — gushing out of its surface in jets. The team also picked ...

A comet, only one of five ever discovered, is defying the rules of space. It has a tail, with its water ice fizzling away ...

Wausau Pilot & Review This week offers stunning celestial sights for skywatchers in the Wausau area — from planetary pairings and a famous spiral ...

What to expect from the world of space and astronomy in 2025? Let's explore the unmissable astronomy moments this year!

It’s 2:30 a.m. local daylight time on June 1 before the next planet arrives on the nighttime scene, when Saturn rises in the east. ... Comet Search: Troll deep and hope.

Adding to the spectacle, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is also expected to be visible in the night sky. Skywatchers in Wisconsin can look for the comet low in the western sky after sunset.

A close brush with Saturn two years ago is about to cause a comet to go interstellar. Astronomers have set their sights on A117uUD, a comet that's currently hurtling out of the solar system at ...