NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory will provide astronomers with a big-picture view of the cosmos like none before.

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

Space agencies are keeping a close eye on a recently discovered asteroid that has a small chance of impacting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 1.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22 ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two ...

YR4 might force NASA to plan the first-ever space mission to push an asteroid away from Earth. Most likely, though, it's a non-threat.

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

An official statement issued on Wednesday said that this length compares to roughly 10 times the size of the Milky Way’s ...

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a ...

Chilean astronomers have observed a cataclysmic variable known as V1425 Aql. As a result, they have found that this system ...

The study has found that due to internal outbursts, black holes can cool down gas to feed themselves. This process results in ...

A team of astronomers has revealed how black holes feed. The study, led by Valeria Olivares from University of Santiago de ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered! At the same time, exoplanetologists have ...