Jamie Carter

An asteroid the size of Manhattan's Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a ... [+] once every 5,000 to 10,000 years event.

WOH G64 is 2,000 times the size of the sun and is 160,000 light-years distant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

Polaris, one of the famous and most important stars in the night sky, is spotty and absolutely huge, new research suggests.

M31, the spiral galaxy in Andromeda, with its two companion elliptical galaxies, the very small M32 ... [+] below, and larger M110 above. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The third and final Mercury retrograde in 2024 begins on Nov. 25 and continues until Dec. 15. getty Mercury retrograde is happening again.

Asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth's temporary mini-moon, is about to return to orbiting the sun after two months in orbit. A new study reveals that it could be a lunar fragment.

A planetary scientist proposes that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are layered, with deep oceans of water above compressed carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen.

Artist's concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn's moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

The northern lights may be visible on Wednesday and Thursday in states like New York, Wisconsin and Washington as G2 geomagnetic storms were forecast by NOAA.

This high-resolution image shows the Sun in ultraviolet light, revealing the Sun's upper atmosphere, ... [+] the corona. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team