Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

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Last summer, astronomer Calvin Leung was excited to analyze data from a newly built radio telescope. His goal was to pinpoint ...

Ohio State astronomy professor Adam Leroy is the 2025 recipient of the Henry Draper Medal. The Henry Draper Medal, established in 1886, is awarded every four years to a researcher or pair of ...

On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He ...

The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) picture of the month for February 2025 is showing off the power of planet formation.

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that even microquasars with low-mass stars can efficiently accelerate ...

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month presents HH 30 in unprecedented detail. This target is ...

We can't help ourselves but wonder about life elsewhere in the universe. Any hint of a biosignature or even a faint, ...

Astronomers from Turkey and Japan have performed optical observations of a recently discovered nearby supernova remnant known ...

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