A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. While those odds of an ...

Revolutionary technique allows astronomers to capture incredibly high-resolution images of distant galaxies and supermassive black holes.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Gum 41, a radiant nebula in the southern sky, glows due to powerful radiation from a pair of massive stars at its core. This ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

The research paper reports a breakthrough that will enable gravitational-wave detectors to reach extreme laser powers. It ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...