I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

An object that appears to be from beyond our Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which if confirmed would ...

Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...

Should YR4 strike the Moon, the collision could eject up to 100 million kilograms of lunar debris into space. A portion of this material might enter Earth’s orbit, posing risks to satellites and other ...

An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to ...

What we already know, however, is that it has a much more extreme orbit than the two previous examples, 'Oumuamua and Borisov ...

Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to the naked eye. In 2032, YR4 ...

The Rubin Observatory released its first magnificent images of the cosmos on Monday, June 23 — and included a special ...

The team used the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in ...

To mark the 10th anniversary of World Asteroid Day, a global live stream will showcase near-Earth asteroids and highlight ...