Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

The Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory project situated at Kutunse in the Greater Accra Region, to enable scientists from around the world to view and study the universe from within the country, is ...

It could be a banner day for spaceflight today (Feb. 4), with five rocket launches planned in 24 hours, four of them from the ...

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

ANDES stands for ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. AndES is a high-resolution instrument that can search for ...

Welcome to this month’s edition of “What’s up in the sky?” February has a nice lineup of planets and some eye-catching ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Colonel Jack Oliver ...