A celestial body is any natural object outside Earth's atmosphere. This includes stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets and meteoroids.

Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station, uses his camera to capture stunning images of ...

"We were quite surprised," Dones continued. "Spirals are seen in Saturn's rings, disks around young stars and galaxies. The ...

For several years now, we've been following a tantalizing story indicating that the high heat of the ash cloud generated when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD was sufficiently hot to turn one of the ...

"By putting together the individual results, like in a puzzle, we reconstruct the formation history of these systems." ...

Hubble captures a detailed image of the Tarantula Nebula The nebula features cosmic dust crucial for star formation Scientists study dust’s role in planetary evolution ...

Mild temperatures are returning, so get ready for some relief! By Sunday, we’ll see highs in the low 40s with a mix of sun and clouds. Then, the big warm-up is coming by Tuesday, when temperatures ...

Wednesday will be just as cold, but less windy. That’ll be a refreshing change. There will still be a breeze, though, so wind chills continue. Winds will still gust 25-30 mph. Dry and sunny weather ...