The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to, but never orbiting, our planet for several months.

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...

BYU’s Compliant Mechanisms Research lab recently completed a five-year project for the U.S. Air Force, developing designs for ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

Typically, asteroids - like the one depicted in this artist's concept - originate from the main asteroid belt between the ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 30 at 11 a.m. for a virtual talk by Cecilia Garraffo, Ph.D. Abstract: The next wave of astronomical data is set to ...

Astronomers have observed over a thousand of them to date; some come from sources that repeatedly emit FRBs, while others ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made an extraordinary discovery by detecting emissions from a galaxy located ...

Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute, have made a final Earth-side pit ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

Our February issue covers new Alzheimer’s guidelines, teens’ transcendent thinking, Neandertal DNA in all of us, and more ...