NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

A “ghost particle” discovered by a detector in the Mediterranean carried 30 times more energy than any neutrino observed to ...

To locate Corona Borealis, start with the Plough (Big Dipper) and follow the curve of its handle down to Arcturus, the brightest star in the neighbouring constellation Bootes. To the left of Arcturus, ...

The Big Dipper is hanging by its handle in the northeast. Many people think the cold, crisp air that we have this time of year is why the stars appear so bright. But in reality the winter skies ...

The Big Dipper will also be easy to spot, according to the almanac. You can find it by looking up high in the northeastern sky. It consists of seven bright stars. In the northern hemisphere ...

The asteroid is estimated to measure 40 metres (131 feet) and 100 metres (328 feet) wide, which is between the length of a Boeing 747 or the height of Big Ben ... After the NASA-funded Asteroid ...

There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.

It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our asteroid-sleuthing telescopes are working. "These things come through on a ...