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The exoplanet known as WASP-39b has a mass equal to that of Saturn and has been classified as a "hot Saturn".

India Ashok Mar 02, 2018

The new discovery also provides clues that could revolutionise our understanding of the mysterious dark matter particles.

India Ashok Mar 01, 2018

New research revealed that water on the moon is more widespread and immobile than previously thought.

India Ashok Feb 24, 2018

Scientists used Nasa's Hubble telescope to make the most precise measurements of the Universe's expansion rate till date.

India Ashok Feb 23, 2018

Thanks to Kepler, we now know that planets around other stars are the rule rather than the exception.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 15, 2018

Researchers have not been able to fully explain the physical processes that produce the colourful aurorae.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 14, 2018

Coincidentally, the crystals were discovered at a site on the Red Planet called Jura – named after a small island off the country's west coast.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 09, 2018

Researchers say that a stellar event known as a grand minimum will likely take place in the near future, causing our star to give off less radiation.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 08, 2018

Photos showing Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster floating in space above the curvature of the earth sparked arguments with flat-earther conspiracy theorists online.

Charlotte Tobitt Feb 07, 2018

The space agency also predicts that the spacecraft will re-enter somewhere between the 43rd north and south parallels.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 05, 2018

Trappist-1 planetary system contains seven Earth-sized worlds which may be able to support life, say scientists.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 05, 2018

Blazars produce vast, hyper-fast jets of incredibly intense radiation and material, which can stretch for hundreds of thousands of light years.

Aristos Georgiou Feb 01, 2018

Lupus 3, is located 600 light years from Earth within the constellation Scorpius, near the centre of the Milky Way.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 31, 2018

Tomorrow, a total lunar eclipse - which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America - will coincide with a 'blue moon' and a 'supermoon'.

Tim O'Brien Jan 30, 2018

Earth's magnetic field is crucial to the survival of life on our planet as it deflects damaging cosmic rays and solar winds.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 30, 2018

These so-called "cosmic messenger particles" are some of the highest energy particles known to science.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 26, 2018

New research has investigated the amount of light available in the newborn universe, which may offer some clues.

Thomas Kitching Jan 25, 2018

The Kepler telescope has so far identified more than 2,300 confirmed exoplanets since beginning operations in 2009.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 23, 2018

The announcement will come two months after Donald Trump signed a new space policy directive instructing Nasa to return to the moon.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 23, 2018

"While we think we know how planets form in a big-picture sense, there's still a lot of detail we need to fill in," says Kevin Schlaufman.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 23, 2018

Current instruments designed to search for alien life tend to be relatively large, heavy and power-hungry. In addition, they can only detect indirect biological signatures.

Aristos Georgiou Jan 18, 2018

In two weeks' time, a kilometre-wide space rock will skim past the Earth at speeds of around 67,000mph.

Jan 17, 2018

The star was found being "flung backwards and forwards" at several hundred thousand kilometer per hour speed, every 167 days.

India Ashok Jan 17, 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

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

Aristos Georgiou Jan 11, 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

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

Aristos Georgiou Jan 10, 2018

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

Aristos Georgiou 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