A recently-discovered powerful cosmic lens, which magnifies profoundly distant objects in space. Credit: William Sheu (UCLA) ...

Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...

You might think of asteroids as just rocks of various sizes floating around in space. But they’re vastly more complex than ...

A team of engineers from the Center for Nanoparticle Research, Seoul National University, the Gwangju Institute of Science ...

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

For the first time, scientists explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current. Researchers at Northwestern ...

The Subaru Telescope may have spotted a group of mysterious objects orbiting in a ring at the edge of our solar system, ...

New observations with the Subaru Telescope have uncovered the existence of an intriguing cluster of objects at the edge of ...

The infamous "God of Chaos" asteroid could be tipped onto a collision course with Earth, scientists have warned. The asteroid ...

Earth is getting a second moon! Yes, you read that right. From September 29 to November 25, "mini-moon"—an asteroid— will ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...