NASA and ESA are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, with an estimated size of up to 328 feet and a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth.

Asteroid 2024 YR was likely a "small, rocky object" measuring 40 to 100 metres and weighing about 220 million kgs. "If it was ...

The discovery was published on Jan 17 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a peer-reviewed scientific ...

Venus appears low in the evening sky, guiding us to Saturn. Jupiter makes an attractive sight below the Hyades and Mars ...

The discovery was made possible using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, operated by the European Southern Observatory ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.

Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...

A giant space rock is on a potential collision course with Earth in 2032. Dubbed 2024 YR4, this asteroid poses a small but ...

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

Astronomers aimed the Very Large Telescope in Chile at a nearby exoplanet and discovered jet stream winds blowing nearly 80 ...