Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Debris from Mercury's heavily cratered surface could have reached Earth, so why haven't we found meteorites from the ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds we bring you a special panel discussion on the future of commercial lunar exploration ...

The asteroid, also known as 469219 Kamo'oalewa, orbits the sun, so it remains a constant companion of Earth. It is too ...

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System – only the third ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...