While we are fascinated (sometimes alarmed) by space rocks hurtling towards Earth, we often fail to distinguish between asteroids, meteoroids, and meteors. Here's a rundown of their differences.

There are eight named meteor showers left in 2024, with at least one meteor shower being active at all times. That means you ...

One of those oddities is the stellar trio, where two stars orbit each other and then a third star orbits the other two. A group of professional and amateur astromers used NASA's TESS satellite and AI ...

In a significant national security development, five Chinese nationals who were students at the University of Michigan are now facing federal charges for alleged espionage activities at Camp Grayling, ...

The Draconid Meteors can often display a peak rate of shooting stars of just a few per hour, but sometimes hundreds, even ...

The Custer Observatory in Southold is embarking this fall on a music series that ranges from a meditation on the natural word ...

The Orionid meteor will be visible in Suffolk throughout October but during its peak people may be able to see 25 meteors every hour.

It captured Iran’s massive simultaneous ballistic missile barrage. In it, we see just how densely packed the sky was as these ...

The conjunction of the Moon and Venus on October 6 will be visible in the night sky for about an hour and thirty-three ...