Comet 3I/ATLAS is hitting a major milestone on Oct. 30, 2025. The interstellar comet is reaching perihelion, its closest ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A flaring sunspot appeared in the background of a recent transit photo, at the exact moment the ...

Astronomers at NASA and the University of California at Santa Cruz have launched a Web-based project that has amateur astronomers lining up to have a chance to discover extra-solar planets that ...

In June 2012, Hinode probe (of JAXA and NASA), dedicated to the study of the Sun, observed the planet Venus transiting in front of our star. In the next decade, researchers will start probing the ...

A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover’s-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the silhouette of the moon Phobos passing in front of the sun. America’s Mars Exploration Rover ...

Senior Exploratorium Scientist, Paul Doherty demonstrates how you can make your own sun viewer. You can safely view sunspots, eclipses and transits with this equipment that you may have laying around ...