"If you want to take the stairs and walkways from the entrance of the ELT’s dome all the way up to the top, you need about 30 minutes." ...

The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the the ...

Chinese scientists have been continuously observing an asteroid that may collide with Earth in 2032 since early January, ...

The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

The night sky is an object of fascination for many, and the Princeton community is no exception. On select nights throughout ...

YR4's odds jumped to a 1-in-32 chance of impact, though that number will likely fall as the asteroid continues to be monitored.

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city now has an increased chance of hitting Earth in seven years, NASA reported on Tuesday. NASA first discovered the 130-to-300-foot-wide asteroid, named 2024 ...

The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...