The largest body in the main belt, 1 Ceres, passes close to a 5th-magnitude star in Cetus the Whale tonight.
Ceres spends all month within a short…

The largest body in the main belt, 1 Ceres, passes close to a 5th-magnitude star in Cetus the Whale tonight.
Ceres spends all month within a short…


By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final key tests to confirm that it is…

Vat photopolymerization is a type of 3D printing that involves pouring a light-reactive liquid resin into a container and then solidifying specific areas with a laser or ultraviolet light to create a shape. However, because this method only works…

Vat photopolymerization is a type of 3D printing that involves pouring a light-reactive liquid resin into a container and then solidifying specific areas with a laser or ultraviolet light to create a shape. However, because this method only works…

WASHINGTON – Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all by themselves, called rogue planets. While their origins are poorly understood, astronomers have now spotted…

Two green comets — Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) — are becoming visible from the Northern Hemisphere in binoculars or a small telescope. They’ll get brighter around Oct. 20-23 as the Orionid meteor shower peaks, but comet…

When you look up at the night sky and spot a bright streak of light racing across it, you’re witnessing one of nature’s most mesmerising events- a meteor, often called a “shooting star.” Despite the name, these dazzling flashes aren’t…