The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

KEY POINTSNASA's Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured just 3.8 million miles from the ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the ...

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, ...

And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...

Astronomers claim to have found new evidence supporting a controversial observation that our galaxy is residing in an ...

Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone ...

A sudden burst of red light flickered above a thunderstorm, and for a brief moment, Earth’s upper atmosphere revealed one of its most elusive secrets.

Natural phenomena never cease to amaze people as they unfold. The advance in the study of this type of situation makes the ...

Scientists found low-density amorphous ice in space isn’t fully random - it hides tiny crystals, reshaping our understanding ...