NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own sun and planetary system. In Webb's high-resolution look, the ...

What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...

Solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) makes its closest approach to the sun today (Jan. 20) during an event known as ...

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) will pass close to the Sun on January 20, 2026, in a brief but powerful solar encounter that will ...

Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) will reach perihelion during a close solar approach on January 20, 2026, increasing brightness and defining its visibility timeline.

Intricacies of Helix Nebula… This new image of a portion of the Helix Nebula from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a ...

A classified response from the CIA has reopened debate around 3I/ATLAS. NASA calls it a comet, but rising speculation ...

I/ATLAS is the fastest comet ever recorded and its interstellar! NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains. Credit: NASA's ...

NASA outlines a full 2026 astronomy calendar featuring eclipses, planetary alignments, meteor showers, supermoons, and seasonal milestones visible from different parts of Earth.

On Episode 193 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talks with NASA Chief Historian Dr. Roger Launius about about ...

The comet was discovered in its final stage before impact. As luck would have it, NASA had a probe on its way to Jupiter, ...

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact ...