Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

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

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

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

Chile's renowned dark skies face threats from industrial development. Astronomer Angel Otarola highlights concerns about ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Chilean national award winners have raised concerns about the impact of the INNA energy megaproject by AES Andes, currently undergoing environmental processing, on the pristine skies of the Atacama ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...