A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

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

Space agencies and thousands of astronomers are working against the clock to determine the trajectory of the body before it ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

Conditions have become treacherous for pedestrians and drivers alike as heavy snow has fallen across the US northeast.

Extreme heat will reach dangerous levels – even for younger people – across an area equivalent to the size of the United ...

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

One of the most common types of exoplanets falls in a size range ... GJ 1214 b is the easiest example of this planet to study. Instead of a hydrogen-rich super-Earth, or a water world, the new ...

For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths. So it requires a very high escape speed: 133,100 mph (about 214,000 kilometers per hour ...

NASA has identified an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The asteroid named '2024 YR4' has been ...