The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped ...

New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory suggest that the galaxy, known as NGC 3640, may soon merge with a smaller galactic ...

How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Scientists mapped exoplanet WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing extreme winds and hidden metals. Iron and titanium appear ...

"We are currently using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope to study the dayside cloud structure in more detail to learn as much as possible." ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Recent observations have significantly lowered the impact risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth. Initially estimated with a 3% chance, new data from the European Southern Observatory shows the ...

Scientists have mapped the 3D structure of exoplanet WASP-121b's atmosphere, revealing powerful winds, extreme weather, and a ...

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn ...