"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer Marc Hon.

SPOKANE, Wash. — LSU women's basketball navigated the final 5:04 of the its Sweet 16 showdown with North Carolina State without its leading scorer, junior guard Flau'jae Johnson. Johnson injured ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.