An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...

BEIJING -- China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite has captured an X-ray flash from a rare and elusive binary star ...

The night sky is an object of fascination for many, and the Princeton community is no exception. On select nights throughout ...

The Phoenix Cluster's central galaxy is about 5.8 billion light-years away and should be mostly done with star formation. Many galaxy clusters have a region of hot gas in the intracluster medium (ICM) ...

Astronomers on Tuesday announced their observations of distinct winds in separate layers circulating on the planet named WASP ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released Tuesday – making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern ...

Learn more about the atmosphere of WASP-121b, or Tylos, whose winds are layered like no other planet’s.

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.

By combining the four giant telescopes of the Very Large Telescope, an international team has observed the exoplanet WASP-121b with unprecedented precision, revealing one of the most extreme climates ...

Updates on Asteroid 2024 YR4 have been slower during the full Moon, but experts say the precision of the object’s orbit is ...