The European Space Agency announced Thursday the Gaia spacecraft was turned off after a decade of data gathering.

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In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...

Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a celestial spectacle as a partial solar eclipse is set to grace the skies on March 29, 2025 ...

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This is what Mr Musk said he wanted to do last year. Then it seemed barely plausible. Today it looks next to impossible. Mr ...