Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

I t’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a close fly-by of Earth this weekend, and it should stay visible for a few ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

What are the physics of life? That is more than just a philosophical question—it has practical implications for our search ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on exoplanets.

According to Paul Robertson, associate professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine, discovering new exoplanets is common ...

Craters, clusters, rings, islands, and young stars -- the universe is filled with wonder no matter where you point a camera, ...

Interstellar objects occasionally enter our Solar System, providing insight into the composition and dynamics of distant ...

Our Sun, that steady burning ball of gas that has faithfully illuminated Earth for billions of years, is slowly but ...

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the “habitable zone” of its ...

Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may ...