Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a cautionary tale from planet hunting’s prehistory ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

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The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years, the space agency hopes to launch an infrared space telescope devoted to ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is tentatively scheduled to launch its new megaphone-shaped space telescope on Friday (February 28) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg ...

A research team led by Laurance Doyle of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., used data from the Kepler space telescope, which measures dips in the brightness of more than 150,000 stars, to ...

An asteroid that had a very small chance of hitting Earth is no longer a potential threat, according to scientists. The 2024 YR4 asteroid climbed to the top of the risk list earlier this month ...

Aware of one of the biggest space events of the year happening this week? Going around as the seven planet alignment 2025, this is one of the most awaited events for space observers and those ...

NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope to Explore What Happened Right After the Big Bang By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to ...

28 from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base. Once the telescope is in LEO, it will undergo a few weeks of testing, then kick off the first of four all-sky surveys. These surveys will take ...