A Tekapo couple who have spent the past 50 years helping to track asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth have been jointly awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Pennsylvania as Earth reverberates from the impact of a speedy solar storm.

Astronomers have spotted something strange: a mysterious object that keeps emitting dual X-ray and radio wave pulses every 44 ...

The federal budget proposal is cutting funding for the embattled Thirty Meter Telescope planned atop Mauna Kea.