The Lunar Trailblazer satellite will depart at the end of the month on a mission to find and map water on the surface of the ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

Six planets are part of the alignment, which will last until Feb. 18. Mercury will join the alignment later in the month.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

On the Webb telescope, 18 hexagonal mirrors combine to form a massive primary mirror that is 21 feet (6.5 meters) across. The ...

Since the asteroid YR4 was first discovered in December 2024, the odds that it could crash into earth have more than doubled.

Lunar: A history of the moon in myths, maps and matter tells the story of the coexistence between humanity and the celestial ...

Astronomers are using the James Webb telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

Scientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.