The asteroid is about 33 feet (10 meters) across and poses no danger to Earth. It joins another known lunar asteroid ...

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay ...

Nasa says it's hard to predict how bright the comet will be, but it's thought it might be powerful enough to be seen across ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.

Astronomer Dean Regas gives us the lowdown on the best things to look out for this winter, from a “planet parade” to the ...

Deimos is one of only three moons in the inner solar system, and its origins are uncertain ... charge of the great 26-inch-aperture (660 mm) telescope there, which, at the time, was the largest ...

The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, ...

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles away from the Earth. So something 7.6 million miles out would be many, many ...

You could also take a shortcut and find the planet Mars ... you can see a livestream of the asteroid today from the comfort of your home via the Virtual Telescope Project. Asteroids are, by ...

Beautiful photos of the six planets aligned in the night sky have emerged online. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and ...

Asteroid 14 Irene reaches opposition ... Let the sky grow dark after sunset before pulling out binoculars or a telescope to search out the solar system’s most distant planet, which isn’t ...

The Einstein Probe is revolutionizing our view of the distant X-ray universe, offering an unprecedented look at some of the ...