As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, equipped with the largest digital camera for astronomy, was the first to spot the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS before its official discovery.

More than two decades ago, astronomers made a discovery that changed our view of the universe: it’s not just expanding, it’s ...

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, ...

NASA's Hubble and Chandra X-ray Observatories have identified a rare intermediate-mass black hole, NGC 6099 HLX-1, consuming ...

Astronomers have caught a rare type of black hole in the act of devouring a star—an event that lit up the universe in X-rays.

You know what it’s like in this economy, sometimes the day job doesn’t pay the rent, so you need to start working nights too.

The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, ...