Perseverance rover makes a discovery at Margin Unit on Mars giving scientists clues about the planet's wet history and ...
Radio signals have been detected coming from a planet beyond our Solar System, giving astronomers insight into exoplanets' magnetic fields.
Key facts and stargazing advice on the 2026 Harvest Moon – where its name comes from and how to see it and Saturn in the night sky together.
Dark stars are candidates for the first stars that formed in the Universe, 200 million years after the Big Bang, and powered ...
A quick, bulletin-style news story on McGetchin crater, a newly-formed crater on the surface of the Moon discovered by a NASA scientist.
The Hubble Space Telescope's best images of the planets, moons, comets and other celestial bodies of our Solar System.
McGetchin crater on the Moon is the largest newly-formed crater seen in our Solar System. It was found by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The newly-discovered giant worlds TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c are the size of Jupiter but have a density lower than candy floss.
Space telescope Euclid discovered 31 quasars from the cosmic dawn, including the earliest ever when the Universe was 5% of its current age.
See all the winning images of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition in 2026 – world's biggest astro imaging ...
When will Earth run out of oxygen? Scientists have determined the most likely cause of the end of life on Earth, and how long we've got.
Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients are blue in colour and evolve rapidly, reaching peak brightness and fading in a matter of days.
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