The Gaia telescope aimed to create an accurate and detailed 3D map of billions of stars in our galaxy. Its findings have flipped astronomers' understanding of the Milky Way on its head and have led to ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

The asteroid, which measures between 40 and 90 metres wide, has a 1.9% chance of making impact with our planet, NASA has ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will appear together in a row throughout the start of February – although Neptune and Uranus will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope.

NASA and ESA monitor asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Learn about Near-Earth Objects ...

The pastiche works, and a crazy comic accurate Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) does a lot of heavy lifting. The second you see him interacting with H.E.R.B.I.E., the vibes kick in. It’s contagious. Not ...