Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

An extreme protocluster gathering of infant galaxies is hiding a vast cosmic fuel tank that is powering 400 million years of intense star formation.

A new comet has been discovered. Now getting closer to the sun and expected to brighten over the next few weeks, comet ...

Astronomers discovered it using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The size and shape surprised experts worldwide.

This discovery offers a glimpse into the dramatic and explosive fates awaiting some of the universe's most fascinating ...

When the two dense stellar remnants, known as white dwarfs, finally merge, they will trigger a Type 1a supernova, a powerful thermonuclear explosion that scientists predict will shine nearly ten times ...

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear destined to die in an extraordinarily violent quadruple ...