New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

Featuring the world’s largest digital camera, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture these mysterious phenomena in more ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an 'arrow' -- a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy -- shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble ...

On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network was sent to the United Nations Office for ...

The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth ... New Glenn, named after the astronaut John Glenn, successfully lifted off early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

operating, astronomers might find clones of humanity ... But red dwarfs typically have violent early lives, sending out extreme levels of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation that can strip away ...