The John J. McCarthy Observatory - run by volunteers on the grounds of New Milford High School - has been watching the night sky for 25 years.

Scientists studying the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua have proposed that it may be a fragment from a Pluto-like planet beyond ...

The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Stargaze is designed to improve transparency and cooperation in low-Earth orbit, where the number of satellites has surged in ...

Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Scientists have detected antimatter particles reaching Earth that appear to originate from a distant cosmic object. The ...

Scientists found a new way to track falling space debris using earthquake sensors, helping improve safety and response time.

Space junk measuring 13 metres and weighing 11 tonnes is expected to fall to Earth today ...