The ancient impact site Sinus Iridium is visible on the waxing Moon, as well as the rugged terrain to its north and west.
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The ancient impact site Sinus Iridium is visible on the waxing Moon, as well as the rugged terrain to its north and west.

A meteor streaks across the night sky above Leeberg hill in Grossmugl, Austria. (Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader/Getty Images)
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Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere may be in for an exciting night on Tuesday, Nov. 4, when the Southern…

Steve FearnA photographer says he feels “very lucky” to have captured Comet C/2025 A6 as it appeared over the Lancaster bomber sculpture in…

The most common planets in our galaxy may be far wetter than we thought. New experiments show that young, rocky worlds wrapped in thick hydrogen atmospheres can produce large amounts of water when their molten surfaces react with the gas.
The…

Objects from deep-space like the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ‘jump-start’ planet formation around massive stars, according to a study.
If true, that means these interstellar interlopers could solve a problem that current theories about…

Right in time for Halloween, astronomers have spotted what looks like a flying bat soaring above the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile. Using its wide field of view, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) captured a vast cloud…