On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Before Herschel discovered Uranus, other astronomers had ...

NASA’s DART images reveal binary asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos exchanging dust and debris, offering new insight into how ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery that is reshaping our understanding of the universe. This video explores the implications of the findings and discusses the ...

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its source, finding a neutron star collision within colliding galaxies.

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar object in 2032.

A researcher discovered the rare cosmic event by noticing strange dips in a star's brightness in old telescope data. The collision created a hot cloud of rocks and dust, which researchers detected ...

The Tahoe Discovery Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe campus provides collaborative space for interdisciplinary research and innovation ...

Newly found comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) may brighten dramatically and could even become visible during the day in early April.

Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...