Scientists are considering possible deflection scenarios, including detonating a nuclear bomb near the asteroid.

A University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa astronomer helped pull off a cosmic first: mapping the three‑dimensional shape of a star’s ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was scheduled for launch on Sunday (Nov. 9) but it has been delayed until Wednesday (Nov. 12) ...

The interstellar comet has reappeared after months hidden behind the sun, offering astronomers fresh clues about how comets ...

Astronomers have found a distant galaxy that’s building stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way—offering a new clue to how galaxies grew so rapidly in the early universe. The galaxy, known as ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may ...

The Goddard Space Center is one NASA's crown jewels of science. But in recent months, staff say they've been in the White House's crosshairs, subjected to a campaign of chaos and reorganization.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

A project more than two years in the making is about to blast off at the Washington Pavilion's Kirby Science Discovery Center.

What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in ...

But Earth isn't the only place we've set up shop. Space-based telescopes like Hubble, James Webb, and Chandra orbit far above ...

The MeerKAT radio telescope detected hydroxyl radicals from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, suggesting it's shedding a ton of ...