Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

The search for interstellar visitors has taken an unexpected turn. While previous discoveries like ‘Oumuamua and Comet ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

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

New simulations reveal that around 1 million "macroscopic" objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri system, may already reside in the Oort Cloud, far from sight.

Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the ...

According to this scale, established by astronomers to help them assess the dangers posed by various near Earth objects ... will remain on NASA’s risk list until at least 2028.

By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews has written a book about the science of planetary defense, and has written for The Times about many space objects visiting the Earth. Feb. 8 ...

As wide as The Eiffel Tower is tall, the asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous object, ranked third on ... of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life started on Earth ...

But most of the main minerals needed to transition to an electrified economy – such as lithium, tantalum and tin for batteries, or barite for solar panels – are absent from the list. Jones says ...