The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Scientists observed the earliest signs of a new solar system forming around HOPS-315, revealing how planets emerge from dust ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

The Solar System is a fascinating place, with each planet orbiting the Sun at its own unique distance. But how far apart are ...

Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...

This is the story of Delta III, a planned successor to the legacy Delta II that was launched just three times without success.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the ...

China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.