Earth about to pull tiny space rock into its orbit as temporary ‘mini moon’, scientists say - Space rock to orbit Earth for ...
It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...
The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...
New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover ...
The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months. For the next two months, an ...
Radio astronomy uses supersensitive antennas to detect faint radio signals emitted by stars, black holes and other objects in ...
A recently-discovered powerful cosmic lens, which magnifies profoundly distant objects in space. Credit: William Sheu (UCLA) ...
Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...
An elongated object near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known only as ‘X7,’ has piqued the ...
A half-tonne satellite will be watched as it falls to Earth by scientists on a private jet, to understand more about how debris breaks up in our atmosphere. The satellite is one of four in a ...
Astronomers have found the most luminous object ever observed in the universe ... Large Telescope (VLT), this discovery has amazed scientists with its intense light and rapid expansion.