On January 2, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the unique asteroid 2018 CN41, but soon had to remove the ...

The Minor Planet Center seemingly mistook Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster for a small body in space earlier this month, much to ...

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...

A new study by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton highlights the challenges planets ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...

While claims of a “rare alignment” are overblown, you can still see up to six planets in the night sky this weekend. Here's ...

Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

Young supernovas could have spread water out into the cosmos, causing planet formations earlier than originally thought.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...