The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

The Expanse envisions a future where the solar system has been colonized and a Cold War brews between Mars, Earth, and the Asteroid Belt.

Aliens may have lived in our solar system, according to new research. NASA scientists have unveiled evidence that the dwarf planet Ceres—the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and ...

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn put on an early-evening display in the west, while Jupiter dominates the rest of the night.

A review of Studies in Honour of Paolo Brenni, exploring how astronomy and chronometry shaped observatories, timekeeping, and ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that ...

In national security space, “dim objects” typically refer to satellites or debris that emit little energy and are hard to see with traditional sensors. Detecting and characterizing them is already ...

An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video explores various aspects of asteroids, including: - The catastrophic impact of ...

A new study shows that the event that wiped out the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species at the same ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by ...