HKU Laboratory for Space Research to Host APRIM2026 The Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting 2026 (APRIM2026), one of the most influential global ...
An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just made its closest pass of the sun, setting it on an ...
November's supermoon is the second of three supermoons this year and also the closest: The moon will come within just under ...
Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...
Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.
The scientists said the presumed area where the fragments had landed is hard to access, because of bogs, lakes and forests around ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...
Learn more about the Society of Physics Students with SPS Director and AIP Student Engagement Officer Alejandro de la Puente ...
When the rings are close to edgewise, they appear less bright, presenting a fine opportunity to observe Saturn’s moons. The brightest, Titan, has a 16-day orbit, and appears farthest east of the ...
The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...
For Halloween, our space photo of the day shows a brilliant orange sunset over Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona.
Astronomers are hustling to use interplanetary spacecraft to study the interstellar comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS while the sun is hiding it from Earth ...