NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the Milky Way suburbs.

Spread the loveIn an exciting astronomical event, a newly discovered asteroid, designated as 2026 EG1, is set to make a close approach to Earth on the evening of March 12, 2026. This space rock, ...

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, it transformed our understanding of the distant dwarf planet. What scientists discovered was far more complex than expected: towering ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary ...

For decades, Nigeria’s research and innovation ecosystem has grappled with a persistent challenge: a vast number of scientific discoveries and technological inventions developed in laboratories never ...

Cornell students reflect on the Artemis program seeking to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a sustained scientific presence there.

Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting very strangely. The star, named Gaia20ehk, was about 11,000 light-years from Earth near the ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Astronomers studying a rare interstellar comet have discovered something surprising: it contains unusually large amounts of methanol, a type of alcohol. The discovery offers a fascinating glimpse into ...

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.