Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

The theory, spearheaded by astronomer Michele Bannister and her investigative team at the University of Canterbury in New ...

Unlike the comets that call our solar system home, 3I/ATLAS is a cosmic nomad on a hyperbolic trajectory — a one-time flyby ...

ATLAS, the interstellar anomaly that has rivetted scientists as it hurtles through our solar system, might not be as special ...

The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

The latest finding offers "a window into the dark universe,” said one of the researchers behind the groundbreaking discovery.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

Nasa’s Voyager 1 probe will reach a historic distance of one light-day from Earth in 2026. This milestone means radio signals ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...