The incoming asteroid, called 2023 BU, does not pose a threat to Earth, NASA says.
A Mars satellite snapped this uncanny image of a rock formation.
A communications delay timed out the instrument’s flight software, and some planned observations will have to be…
The ingredients for young stars were spotted about 630 light-years from Earth.
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The glowing space rock E3 is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years.
A new analysis of citizen science reports indicates that light pollution is intensifying around the world.
The team found five meteorites during their recent expedition. The rocks are now headed to a museum for study.
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The Habitable Worlds Observatory now has a name, a rough timeline, and a whole lot of hype.
These 'ultracool' stars have such low temperatures that they only emit infrared light.
The distant world is about the same size as Earth, but questions surrounding its atmosphere remain.
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New research on pulsing stars has shifted the boundary of the Milky Way a few thousand light-years closer to the…
Data from Webb Space Telescope and ALMA reveals more about a group of five galaxies.
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Our glorious spiral home apparently has a doppelganger in the early universe.
Columbia Sportswear invents textiles for Earth’s most extreme climates. Now, they’re using their resources to…
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New telescopes will help us get to the bottom of dark matter, the evolution of the young cosmos, and the dynamic…
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The dazzling space rock and its green tail could be visible to the naked eye.
From black holes to the oldest light in the universe, we saw a remarkable cosmos this year.
The experiment will pave the way for probing a larger asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029.
A web app from Neal.Fun is a choose-your-own-adventure for planetary annihilation
The $10 billion observatory didn’t collect many images in December, due to a now-resolved software issue.