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We may or may not mine the asteroid — but in the meantime, researchers are finding out more things about it.
Scientific papers rarely have images this spectacular in them.
The discovery might up-end how scientists believe black holes form.
Experiments with X-ray lasers simulate space conditions.
It's the ultimate 'star-trekker,' boldly going where no star has gone before!
In the wise words of George Constanza, it's shrinkage.
Do you miss the ability to see a dark sky?
This raises prospects about potentially habitable worlds elsewhere in the universe
It’s not the hypothesized giant Planet Nine
Astronomers have discovered only the second known circumbinary planet system, with the planet named BEBOP-1c.
They're so old it's making researchers question how the universe evolved.
The rover captured a stunning sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign
Wildlife is also significantly affected by light pollution.
Asteroid giving NASA's spacecraft suspicious looks.
There is strong evidence the dinosaurs endured a double-asteroid whammy.
The answer to Jupiter's ring problem lies in its moons.
A solution that promises better and safer journey for flying into space.
A recent study shows that dense regions help stars lose gas quickly, inhibiting star formation.
Astronomers have tracked the rocket for many years, but its origin is still contested
If they're like us, they'll likely be spewing out junk into their atmosphere.
There's still a long way to go to check it, but it's an exciting development
We can now see the movement of the many galaxies living in nearby superclusters.
Black holes may do more than just destroy -- they may also create new things.
Get ready for a celestial showtime
The asteroid 2021 PH27 is the closest asteroid to the Sun with a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead and completes an orbit in just 113 days.
Massive objects become the astrophysicists’ extra lenses.
Thanks to NASA's InSight Mars mission we now have a good picture of the interior of another planet.
New research has shown that mountains on the surface of neutron stars could be millimetres tall.
A reliable way to detect coronal holes using CHRONNOS.
You wait ages to spot a merger between a neutron star and a black hole and then the two come along at once.
Call it the Cosmic Dawn.
By directly measuring the mass of a protoplanetary disc, astronomers have begun to unravel the mystery of planet formation.
Astronomers are no longer in the dark about the dimming of Betegeuse.
A mysterious blinking giant star found at the heart of the Milky Way represents another example of a rare eclipsing binary system.
A "sea" of clouds from our neighbouring stars and the giant planets’ orbital resonance could explain how it was formed.
A newly conducted in-depth cosmic census has revealed that star-forming molecular clouds come in an array of shapes and sizes.
The Dark Energy Survey has delivered its first results providing one of the most detailed pictures of the Universe ever created.
Astronomers have discovered iron and nickel vapour in the atmospheres of comets distant from the Sun and surrounding the interstellar visitor 2I/Borisov.
The study of the untainted interstellar comet 2I/Borisov has allowed astronomers to compare material found in our solar system to that belonging to other planetary systems.
A new image of M87's black hole in polarized light gives us a spectacular view of the powerful spacetime event.
Astronomers have measured Jupiter's Stratospheric Winds for the First Time.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have spotted GJ 1132 b, an extraordinary exoplanet where volcanic activity 'grew' an atmosphere.
Its source is a radio loud quasar blasting out jets when the universe was still in its infancy.
A newly discovered transiting exoplanet close to the solar system could be a prime target for atmospheric investigations, including the search for signs of life.
With a mass of 21 times that of the sun, the black hole of Cygnus X-1 challenges theories of stellar evolution.
LAGER-z7OD1 is possibly one of the clusters that marked the end of the Dark Ages of the Universe.
When both aliens and humans are looking for each other, the chances are we'll make contact.
This could help answer some of the biggest questions of the universe
The rhythmic movement of five of the six exoplanets around the star TOI-178 could challenge theories of planetary evolution.
The Trappist-1 exoplanets are comprised of similar materials to Earth but their lower density could indicate radically different worlds.
