The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a ...

Some Utahns got a glimpse of a real phenomenon Saturday night: a meteor barreling through the Earth's atmosphere — so big ...

At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the UT4 telescope doesn’t just observe the stars—it actively creates artificial stars to ...

Any day now, a massive stellar blast could light up the night sky so brightly, you won't even need a telescope to see it. Sound familiar? In case you're wondering, yes, this is the same so-called ...

Meanwhile, astronomers are keeping watch for a rare nova—a sudden explosion of a distant star—that could appear to the naked ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the ...