A giant space rock the size of New York's Chrysler Building will make a close pass by Earth Thursday, and it could get even ...

Last week NASA announced the "clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". Amazing news, or a "crushing blow" for humanity?

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour. The giant asteroid will be at its closest to our planet tomorrow. The rock, named “2025 FA22”, is 520 feet across.

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

Did you know that the current CO2 concentration in the Earth's atmosphere has peaked in the last million years? A further ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...