YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

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

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) imaged both of the planets directly, and PDS 70b has the ...

Scientists are utilising powerful technology to track a comet that could crash into Earth. CNN’s Patrick Cornell reports the James Webb Space Telescope is taking on a new space case helping protect ...

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

New Webb Telescope data uncovers missing gas that enables star formation in the Phoenix cluster, solving a cosmic puzzle.

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes rush to tra ...

Astronomer using Hubble discovers "young stars that are spiraling into the center of a massive cluster of stars in the Small ...

When you think of a telescope, you probably imagine it high up in space or on a mountaintop—but did you know scientists have ...

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

There's a variety of astronomical events in 2025 well worth planning a trip around this year—whether that means driving to ...

Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...