A nearby planetary system is seen in detail in our first look at an asteroid belt outside our solar system in infrared light ...

You may have heard of the Very Large Telescope, but did you know it can function as a massive 200-meter-wide virtual telescope? Or that it outperforms many newer telescopes with its sheer scientific ...

Recent research using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope reveals that black holes are not just passive consumers of matter. They actively contribute to their ...

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Mardi Gras-themed event is coming to Pensacola Beach for tourists and vacationers to enjoy, ...

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

Astronomers are keeping a close watch on a newly discovered near‐Earth asteroid that, while highly unlikely to hit Earth, remains under intense international scrutiny.

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...