The New Year brings a double feature celestial performance as the year’s first supermoon and Quadrantid meteor shower go head-to-head in the night skies Friday.

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

The year’s first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.

In a year packed full of phenomenal cometary capers, astrophotographer Dan Bartlett captured a staggering image of comet ...

From auroras at 36,000 feet to comet flybys and eclipses, these are the standout images our readers shared with Space.com in ...

"That was one of the best I've seen and likely the best I've ever caught on camera," Wright boasted on Facebook.

At 2:23 am Eastern time on March 19, 2025, an astronaut aboard the International Space station (ISS) captured a striking ...

This year, full moon might interfere with the view, but if you can brave the cold, the meteor shower is expected to be one of ...

Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable.

One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of "shooting stars" peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to ...

A comet from another star system is putting on a show that looks uncannily like a heartbeat, with bright jets of gas and dust ...