Frozen super-Earth is discovered orbiting one of closest stars
Astronomers have discovered a planet resembling a giant, frozen Earth circling Barnard’s Star, one of the closest stars to the Sun.
Astronomers have discovered a planet resembling a giant, frozen Earth circling Barnard’s Star, one of the closest stars to the Sun.
The science team behind NASA’s spectacularly successful New Horizons mission to Pluto has come up with plans to return to the remote world.
The Draconid meteor shower delighted seasoned observers last night with an unexpected burst in activity lasting several hours.
Astronomers believe they have made the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet in another star system.
A team of astronomers claims to have compelling new evidence that a planet, larger than the Earth, lies undiscovered in our Solar System.
Comet Giacobini-Zinner has become bright enough to be seen with binoculars in a dark sky as it makes one of its closest recorded approaches to Earth.
Space scientists have, for the first time, discovered a lake of liquid water on Mars, raising hopes of martian life.
A new study claims that there could have been life on the Moon in the distant past. Scientists say the lunar surface was habitable at two stages in the Moon’s history.
Astronomers have taken the first confirmed photo of a newborn planet in the act of forming around a very young star.
NASA’s veteran Mars rover Opportunity is facing a major threat to its future after a huge dust storm blew up on the Red Planet.
NASA has discovered fresh evidence that conditions were once ideal for life on Mars – along with clues that martian organisms might still be alive today.
A small impacting asteroid, 2018 LA, was discovered only eight hours before it hit the Earth, disintegrating in the atmosphere.