A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

YR₄ has now been observed hundreds of times, but an impact still cannot be ruled out. The first images are also available.

AN ALIEN planet with traces of water and “complex weather patterns like Earth” might be seen like a good contender for a ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...

Located less than 20 light years away, HD 20794d could potentially be one of the most Earth-like planets found so far, ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

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) ...

This image represents ten total hours of observation and was captured from the Dark Sky Alqueva observatory in Portugal.

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...