NASA’s planetary defence programme has kept a keen eye on five asteroids classed as ‘potentially hazardous’, making their ...

But new research from the University of Chicago is urging caution. After analyzing data from multiple observations of the ...

In the dark realms of space, about 14,700 light-years away, an unusual object is doing something unexpected. And it's leaving scientists scratching their heads.

There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega ...

In April, a team of astronomers announced that they might — just might — have found signs of life on a planet over 120 ...

With Voyager 1's backup roll thruster at risk of becoming blocked, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) managed ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

In April, the scientific world—and the public—was abuzz with the thrilling news that a distant planet called K2-18b might ...

Women Artists Push Boundaries of Art with solo exhibitions at ARKEN Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Danish artist prodigy Eva ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they'd found a molecule in a faraway planet's atmosphere that ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.