NASA has announced that two asteroids - 2024 XF4 and 2024 XB16 - will make a close approach to Earth on December 15. Although ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected a plasma jet from a supermassive black hole interacting with an unidentified ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet with a long "tail" of gas trailing behind it. As NASA details in a recent article about the discovery, the planet, dubbed WASP-69 b, is steadily ...

The winter stars are like that. They're bright, sparkly and arrive "from a distance" low on the eastern horizon and gradually ...

This week, learn why Greenland sharks can live for centuries, discover when Neanderthals and humans met, see the most ...

This Week in Space covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with ...

German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...