The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined. Astronomers reported Wednesday that the nearest Earth-like planet may be just 13 light-years away -- or some 77 trillion miles. That planet hasn't been found ...

Every night is a good night to look through a telescope (provided it’s not cloudy), but if you’re looking for an excuse, Jupiter is lining itself up for some candid closeups. At its farthest point, Jupiter is about 601 million miles away from Earth ...

In a landmark achievement, astronomers have identified a super-Earth exoplanet only 18 light-years away that meets all the criteria they’ve been seeking for the past 20 years in their quest for potentially habitable worlds.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have reported a potential detection of a Saturn-like exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri A: the closest Sun-like star to Earth, located just over four light-years away. If confirmed, this would mark a ...

This month's Beaver Moon will be the largest and brightest of 2025, and it’s one of the closest supermoons we have seen in years.

Aging stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick.