Space

According to NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Agency, a newly discovered asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a "small possibility" of crashing with Earth in 23 years, with a potential impact on Valentine's Day in 2046.…

On Thursday, the Space Coast saw its 12th launch of the year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission that took off with internet satellites and returned for a local landing that rattled windows across Central Florida. 12th Launch from Florida's Space…

A distant star system is assisting scientists in solving the enigma of how water appeared billions of years ago in our solar system. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of telescopes in northern Chile, scientists…

In a spectacular new photograph from the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab, the shredded fragments of the first supernova ever recorded by mankind — which erupted in the sky more than 1,800 years ago and dissipated within eight months —…

The full moon in March will peak this week, rising in the sky shortly after sunset on Tuesday. Historically called the Worm Moon, the full moon in March generally corresponds with creatures appearing with the warming spring weather.…

Auroras are dynamic patterns of bright lights dancing in the sky that have long enthralled humans. Indeed, spectacular videos and photographs of the natural phenomenon shared on social media never fail to captivate viewers.  A recent…

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in the sky, have been getting closer during the previous few weeks. This night-sky dance will reach a climax after sunset this coming Wednesday and Thursday when the two planets will appear to be…

Texas and Arizona researchers discovered a fast-developing black hole in one of the early Universe's most extreme galaxies. The finding of the galaxy and its central black hole provides new insights into the genesis of the first…