Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

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

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center – the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...

From Serena Williams’ on-theme AP to Jalen Hurts’s ultra-complicated Patek, the big game was brimming with outrageous ...

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time - Scientists say ...

Twenty-four years ago, a spacecraft with no landing mechanism touched down on a chunk of rock in space. Defying all odds, the Nasa spacecraft became the first in history to not just orbit a minor ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...