Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory isn’t even a year old, but it’s already giving astronomers (arguably pleasant) insomnia with ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of liquid mercury inside an observatory known for its many scientific discoveries has forced its permanent shutdown.

Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data ...

Among other things, time domain astronomy scans the cosmos for “blink-and-you-miss-it” events. Given galactic timescales, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Eight of ...

The new year could bring a new center for the study of solar physics to the University of Arizona - or the loss of 60 high-paying scientific jobs in solar astronomy in Tucson. The UA is competing with ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...

Liquid mercury contamination has permanently shut down the Dunn Solar Telescope as NSF moves ahead with demolition in southern New Mexico.