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Why I'm hunting for Comet Pan-STARRS right now — before it's too late
A rare long-period comet returns after 170,000 years — here's how to find comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) before sunrise this April, with key dates, viewing tips and the best mornings to look.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2026
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2026.
A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know
The asteroid is on the European Space Agency's Risk List, but poses no threat to Earth or the moon during the close approach.
Light pollution has brightened Earth by 16% since 2014, satellites find
Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% from 2014 to 2022, a new study using satellite images has found.
Watch Comet MAPS get destroyed by cataclysmic fragmentation near the sun
A dramatic breakup near the sun erased hopes of a bright comet lighting up the evening sky this week.
The powerful new Rubin Observatory just found 11,000 new asteroids and measured 'tens of thousands more'
This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.
Saturn's magnetic field is curiously warped, and one of its moons may be to blame
"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon Enceladus start to be developed."
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist
Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself.
