Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these ...

Though astronomers have come up with clever ways to image the gas flows within the cosmic web, using the background light of quasars, it is a particularly tricky task. The most abundant element ...

"Vera Rubin provided the first evidence for dark matter using the rotation curves of nearby local galaxies. We're using the same technique but now in the early universe," said Silverman. Made ...

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A nuclear weapon could potentially be sent into space to deflect an asteroid heading Earth's way, an astronomer has told Sky News. Dr David Whitehouse said the measure could be taken against a ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of ...

As the director of the Vatican Observatory, known informally as “the pope’s astronomer,” he has just published his 13th book — “A Jesuit’s Guide to the Stars: Exploring Wonder ...

At double the width of our Milky Way galaxy, this jet of radio waves is the biggest ever detected so early in the history of the universe, astronomers ... cosmic microwave background left over ...

in a region relatively free of bright background stars. As a bonus, it is just 2.5° north of NGC 1746. Although classified as an open cluster, astronomers now think this grouping may be more of a ...