A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth’s oceans. This discovery revives the ...

list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpvw5DLyh1xYARytUswtbJP For years, experts compared these ratios in comets and asteroids to the water found in Earth’s oceans. Jupiter-family comets, which likely formed beyond ...

Although their average orbital distances are similar to those of the main-belt asteroids, their orbits look more like Jupiter-family comets; that is, quite stretched out but lasting less than 20 ...

Deflected into orbits closer to the Sun in the region of the giant planets, some become Centaurs, precursors to Jupiter-family comets. The DiSCo study distinguishes three groups of TNOs based on their ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

College of the Canyons is scheduled to host their Spring Star Party later with month at the Canyon Country campus.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

A colourful glow can now be visible in 14 US states at night. The Northern Lights have normally only been visible in Europe, ...