The White House bid to terminate NASA’s fantastical flights of exploration “across the solar system” threatens to explode ...

A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations ...

A field star drifting within 10,000 astronomical units may be enough. This could rattle the Oort Cloud, the icy shell at the ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

Earth could be thrown off its orbit and flung into another planet or even the Sun due to gravitational disturbances caused by passing stars, a new scientific study has warned.

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

JWST has confirmed Pluto’s bizarre atmospheric behavior and its ghostly interaction with Charon. These findings could reshape ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Scientists have revealed the first images from the world's largest digital camera, the Vera C Rubin Observatory.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has provided an interesting prediction for when humans will be packing up and leaving Earth ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...