In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly discovered threat to Earth.

When we join him next month, King will be freshly arrived from Norway, where he’s leading a Roads Scholar trip to see the Northern Lights. Minnesota Night Skies will be a monthly podcast for the ...

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

Scientists will point the world’s most powerful telescope at the asteroid 2024 YR4, in the hope of understanding whether it ...

When we visited Yerkes Observatory in 2021, it was closed and faced a daunting road back, yet its director had big plans. It ...

You won’t need a telescope for this one.Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a seven-strong planetary ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures HH 30’s disc, revealing dust movement, jets, and planetary formation processes.

In the darkness of the ocean depths, Chinese scientists are hoping to solve one of the enduring mysteries of the universe.