In the vast expanse of the universe, scientists are observing a planet's dramatic demise, as it leaves a comet-like trail of ...

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a ...

At such close proximity to its star, the planet is likely covered in magma boiling off into space. As the roasting planet ...

MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces. The ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...

The New Jersey Devils announced on Monday, April 14, that they have recalled forward Marc McLaughlin from the Utica Comets, New Jersey’s American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team. McLaughlin ...

By May 1, the comet will come just 31 million kilometers from the Sun, closer than Mercury orbits. At this point, the comet may become spectacularly bright. It could brighten to the magnitude of 4 ...

Meet comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN): a celestial body glowing green as it swings around the sun, currently visible in the early morning hours with backyard gear, such as small telescopes or binoculars.

A freshly-discovered comet has lots of skywatchers training their telescopes on the dawn sky, but pretty soon the new Comet SWAN25F will flip to our evening sky, and allow a lot of us to get a ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John ...