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

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have unveiled the existence of a “cosmic highway”—a pathway of interstellar ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Scientists found Titan’s orbit is shifting faster than expected due to tidal dissipation. A recent cosmic event likely ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sporting events across the world (for Americans), and there's a chance for ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

Mining ocean resources needed for electric cars and other devices is currently a hot issue of dispute. Final resolution of ...

HD 20794d orbits its star with two other super-Earth planets, designated b and c, which orbit their star every 18.3 and 89.6 days, respectively. These were discovered in 2011 by a team of Geneva ...

Photographing the Andromeda Galaxy was a Herculean task that required ten years, around 1,000 orbits of the Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 600 overlapping snapshots. This effort resulted in ...

This may explain the strange properties of the orbits of our solar system's planets, which are not quite perfectly circular, and all lie on slightly different planes. NASA artist’s conception of ...