Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Astronomers have made a perplexing discovery in the Milky Way: two mysterious objects, nicknamed ‘icy balls,’ that appear to ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising space phenomenon: electromagnetic waves called "chorus waves" emitting a sound ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling ...

Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of ...