SPACE

The pits were discovered by astronomers assessing images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Shubham Sharma Jan 14, 2018

Greenhouse gasses can wreak havoc in an atmosphere and Venus is an extreme example.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 14, 2018

United Launch Alliance's Delta IV rocket lifted off from the Vandenberg air force base, launching the NRO's secret spy satellite into space.

India Ashok Jan 13, 2018

40 years ago today, NASA revealed its first astronaut class consisting exclusively of women. These astronauts would reach posterity not just as "NASA girls" but as groundbreakers.

Claire Toureille Jan 13, 2018

While astronomers have predicted this type of event before, it has never been observed directly in a distant galaxy.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 12, 2018

The technology works in much the same way as Global Positioning Systems on Earth, albeit on a cosmic scale.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 12, 2018

Astronomers have captured "burps" in the past but this is the first time a supermassive black hole has been caught burping twice.

Shubham Sharma Jan 12, 2018

The new five-exoplanet system, dubbed K2-138, is located within the Aquarius constellation and is the first planetary system to be found by citizen scientists.

India Ashok Jan 12, 2018

The video lets us dive deep into the nebula, which is located some 1,350 light years away from Earth.

Shubham Sharma Jan 12, 2018

Understanding water ice on Mars is key to unlocking the secrets of the Red Planet, according to scientists.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 11, 2018

A 360 degree visualisation allows you to experience travel through distant cosmos.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 11, 2018

This is the first time water and organic matter associated with it has been found at the same place.

Shubham Sharma Jan 11, 2018

Scientists detect "whirlpool"-like motion of gases inside galaxies which formed 800 million years after Big Bang.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 10, 2018

An unexplained source of powerful cosmic radio bursts is originating from an "extreme environment" that is among the most magnetic regions of the universe ever observed.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 10, 2018

The new research has implications for understanding how planetary systems form, astronomers say.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 10, 2018

Norishige Kanai made headlines with tweet claiming he had grown 9cm since leaving for International Space Station.

Claire Toureille Jan 10, 2018

A small extraterrestrial pebble was found to contain exotic micro-mineral compounds not found anywhere on Earth or any meteorites or comets.

India Ashok Jan 10, 2018

Billions in research and development are lost every time a new government shifts major spaceflight strategy, say researchers.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 10, 2018

A Japanese astronaut has spoken about his amazing growth spurt and concerns that he may not fit into his Earth-bound Soyuz space shuttle.

Neil Murphy Jan 09, 2018

Cassini's narrow-angle camera took the snapshot on 12 February, 2016 when the spacecraft was flying approximately 1.2 million kilometres away from its innermost moon.

Shubham Sharma Jan 09, 2018

The Zuma mission has been shrouded in mystery ever since it was announced in October last year.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 09, 2018

The rock art represents two cosmic objects, a full moon and a star which exploded sometime around 3,600BC.

Shubham Sharma Jan 09, 2018

Global Ipsos-Mori poll finds more Indians believe in prospect of alien invasion than any other country.

Roger Baird Jan 08, 2018

Following the successful Zuma mission, SpaceX's new massive Falcon Heavy rocket will be launched later this month.

Hyacinth Mascarenhas Jan 08, 2018

The spectacular image was taken by the Juno spacecraft from a distance of about 13,345km.

Shubham Sharma Jan 08, 2018

The human body has evolved to handle only a certain amount of temperature changes on Earth. Space, however, presents a whole new level of challenges and physical stress.

Immanuel Jotham Jan 07, 2018

The formations captured by the Curiosity rover are one to two millimetres wide and up to five millimetres long.

Shubham Sharma Jan 07, 2018

The stars have been spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud called 30 Doradus or the Tarantula nebula.

Shubham Sharma Jan 07, 2018

The spectacular event can be viewed with the naked eye and there is no need for a telescope.

Shubham Sharma Jan 07, 2018