A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades has started its three-day return to earth. The Chang'e 5 lunar...
This simulated image shows the second orbital maneuver and orbital correction of the orbiter-returner combination of China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe. The orbiter-returner combination of China’s Chang’e-5...
Look up, stargazers. We’re about to pass through the tail of an asteroid just in time to watch Jupiter and Saturn ‘kiss’ in a once-in-a-20-year event.
From believing in sun-swallowing monsters to screaming in terror, people have responded to the brief disappearance of the sun in strange ways for millennia.
What if you could put your eye to a telescope and actually see what our galaxy will look like in the distant future?
The spectacular starry event only happens once a year — and it'll be at its peak in the early hours of Monday, December 14.
The largest solar telescope on Earth has gotten the sharpest glimpse ever of a sunspot. Vaguely resembling a sunflower — or the Eye of Sauron…
What do you know about the risk of being bitten by this beautiful but venomous creature?
Scientists have discovered a Solar System 'superhighway' that could lead to faster, more efficient space travel.
Scientists have discovered a Solar System 'superhighway' that could lead to faster, more efficient space travel.