New images reveal what astronomers believe is the first-known “trilobate” or three-headed asteroid in our solar system.
Astronomers have discovered that the feeding frenzy of a distant black hole ended with a windy outburst.
The dinosaurs may not have starved through a years-long winter. New evidence suggests a blanket of ultrafine impact dust set the planet on fire within hours.
Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution.
Sophisticated high-contrast imaging has revealed asteroid 44 Nysa to have three lobes and a small moon.
If you’re wondering what dark matter is, you’re not alone. Astronomers don’t know. But they’ve determined that this invisible material must be far more abundant than the stars and nebulas that they can see. They’ve surmised as much from observing the …
Researchers used NASA satellite imagery, along with ground observations, to track changes in the diets of penguins on Antarctica’s Danger Islands.
Scientists are preparing to study the effects of human-made impacts on the moon when a spent SpaceX rocket stage impacts the lunar surface on Aug. 5.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Aug. 30. It’ll map the entire sky like never before.
Astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of the earliest quasars, intensely bright cosmic titans powered by feeding supermassive black holes.