February kicks off what astronomers call “galaxy season” in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year offers the best ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the ...

An incredibly rare sight can be seen in the Australian skies until Thursday - and won't reappear for another 800,000 years.

An incredibly rare sight can be seen in the Australian skies until Thursday - and won't reappear for another 800,000 years.

It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...

While four members of this 'parade' can be easily spotted in a clear dark sky, finding the final two can be something of a ...

Often, star-grazing comets such as C/2024 G3 do not survive the encounter with the Sun, though astronomers believe that this one did so in the past. This comet's period is 135,000 years – long for a ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

Messier 42 better known as the Orion Nebula, with the unaided eye from a dark sky site. This stellar relic, first spied by William Herschel in 1787, is nicknamed the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392) because, ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are visible to the naked eye in January and for part of February. Uranus and Neptune can only ...

Emily Damari, a 28-year-old British-Israeli woman is thought to be among first three hostages released by Hamas to the Red Cross as ceasefire begins.

A GALAXY of heavenly wrought poems has been brought together to celebrate Burns night this Saturday which coincides with a rare ...