A 100 metre wide asteroid is heading towards Earth and has triggered a response from a global defence group after it was ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

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.

An extraordinary astronomical phenomenon will illuminate the sky as stargazers are urged to look up to catch a glimpse of the ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

This recap of the week in Iowa politics includes the special election to fill a vacant Iowa Senate seat, immigration, ticket ...

Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

Prime viewing of southern constellations, comets and stars is to draw several hundred amateur and professional astronomers to ...

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to ...