Images of Earth and the moon captured by the Tianwen 2 robotic probe are released on Tuesday by the China National Space ...

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second ...

The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation ...

Scenes of nebulas in the Milky Way, a cluster of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids are a teaser of how the U.S.-funded ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sampling spacecraft had been on its interplanetary itinerary for over 33 days as of Tuesday ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In late 2024, astronomers spotted a new asteroid named 2024 YR4.

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...