Astronomers are using the NASA's Hubble Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. This animation ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

But it won't be a star that will be keeping the moon company on this early winter's evening, but the largest ... solar system). Earth's faster motion around the sun is causing Jupiter to fall ...

Jupiter's four largest moons — Europa, Io, Ganymede and Callisto — are viewable with binoculars or a small telescope. Late in the month, Mercury will be visible near the horizon. The planet is ...

The Moon and Jupiter will meet in the southwest sky at around 9.00pm GMT, where Jupiter will be shining bright to the left of the Moon. At the same time tomorrow evening (February 6), the pair will ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.