Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but the fear it caused has astronomers worried about scare tones in the media. The asteroid initially had an approximate 3% chance for impact with ...

Astronomers using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have found 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. That puts the total at 274. Image Credit: K Ly. An international team of astronomers working with the ...

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Astronomers have made a remarkable discovery on Mars that could revolutionise our understanding of the red planet's history. NASA's Perseverance rover has identified unusual pale rocks containing a ...

Radio astronomers can study emissions from gas giant planets, blasts from the hearts of galaxies, or even precisely ticking signals from a dying star. In simple words, radio astronomers see what the ...

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles. The newest generation of radio ...

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Astronomers have performed a multiwavelength study of nine open cluster candidates. As a result, they found that all of them are genuine open clusters and characterized by their fundamental ...

Kornmesser Water—the thirst-quenching molecule considered necessary for life as we know it—existed early in the universe’s lifetime, according to a study published today in Nature Astronomy.

A binary star system in the center of the Milky Way provides new clues as to how stars form around the central black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/F.K.Baganoff et al. A ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money. An international team of researchers has revealed evidence of bygone ...