YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.

Collaboration has achieved the highest-resolution Earth-based observations to date, detecting light at 345 GHz from the ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution and other unwanted side effects from the proposed construction of a renewa ...

Semiconductor business between Taiwan and the United States is a "win-win" model for both sides given the high level of ...

In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the ...

The Ukiah Latitude Observatory has a rich history, from its role in global scientific research to its ongoing cultural ...

Unprecedented discovery of fast radio bursts challenges existing theories. Astronomers detect repeated signals from an ...

The result is an impressive panorama, revealing approximately 200 million stars and extending six times the apparent diameter ...

The Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea will be able to observe more than 2,000 celestial objects at once with a new instrument ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

Astronomy’s future hangs in the balance as a massive renewable energy project threatens to flood one of the world’s darkest skies with light pollution. At stake are decades of groundbreaking ...

The primary objective of this spacewalk is to replace critical hardware and repair the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray telescope. Listen to Story Williams and Hague will ...