The upcoming launch of the fittingly named Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile is set to transform the way we search for life beyond Earth. With its immense power, the ELT could offer a faster ...
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration, which includes researchers from the University of Toronto, recently ...
Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using ...
The near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered by a Chile-based telescope from the Atlas network in late December. The European Space Agency (ESA) said it has an almost 99% chance of safely passing ...
YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, ...
This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.
YR4 was discovered on December 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) based in Chile. Initially labeled as a potentially hazardous object, its odds of striking Earth ...