One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour.

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Even at the present time, when humanity possesses extremely modern giant ground observatories, as well as advanced space ...

What a Christmas present it was – it just blew me away!” Jonathan Nichols of Leicester University summed up the thrill of ...

Jupiter’s auroras sparkle with mystery — and Webb just uncovered a cosmic riddle scientists didn’t see coming.

The lights are similar to the auroras seen on Earth but are “hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth." ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...

New images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show details of Jupiter's auroras and how they are formed.

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space.

Scientists looked at Jupiter's massive auroras using the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — and found a mystery they ...