The moon has been our friendly neighbour in the sky for billions of years. It has guided us home, kept us on time, protected ...

Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, hosts nearly 100 moons. Discover some of Jupiter moons with unique characteristics to explore.

Mark Matney’s fresh hypothesis suggests that the Star of Bethlehem may have been a bright comet that briefly appeared to ...

Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s worth putting on that heavy winter coat, scarf and boots and heading out for one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Geminids.

The annual Geminids meteor shower will peak at a rate of up to 120 meteors per hour this weekend, offering a stunning display ...

These Apollo-era samples continue to be a cornerstone of lunar science, providing the most direct link to the Moon’s surface ...

NASA has lost contact with MAVEN, a spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars for more than 11 years and one of only three ...

A New Mexico college campus is working towards having its own astronomy center, and it’s not just a place to gaze at the ...

Mike Griffin says Artemis programme ‘cannot work’ because of complex design and unproven tech, while Chinese are ‘doing the ...

The vision of mining space for resources is no longer science fiction. The moon's proximity to Earth and the presence of ...

A new research collaboration that fuses fashion and science is set to send bacteria into space—and the outcomes could create ...

NASA reveals the true, bizarre reason for the 3I/ATLAS comet's 16.16-hour pulse. Scientists link the interstellar object's ...