Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...

When No Man's Sky first launched back in 2016, we never would have thought that it'd be getting this level of support nine ...

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals rose 18.9 percent in January 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024 when 149,171 visitors were recorded, official government data showed.

Davis Astronomy Club invites everyone on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 25, for a free viewing of the rare alignment of six ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star. The system is more than 500 light-years away, and observations suggest that it has dramatic weather and a ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade". Throughout much of January and February, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The ...