In a blend of interesting circumstances and happenstance, two private companies and Japan’s space agency are all poised to land on the Moon in the back half of January 2024.

Washington: NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which lifted off in October in search of gold, diamond on an asteroid, has retrieved the first images -- a milestone called "first light", the US space agency announced on Wednesday. In the eight weeks since it left Earth…

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The region is plunged into the polar night at this time of year, with the sun remaining below the horizon around the clock, creating an extended darkness that allows for the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, to be visible even at noon.

Molecules in the outflows from the young stars are excited by the turbulent conditions.

China's Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars's surface.

If successful, Japan will become just the fifth country to successfully soft-land on the moon, after Russia, the US, China and India.

Space-time breakthroughs. Virgin births. A promising candidate for alien life. Science didn’t disappoint during our latest revolution around the sun.

The conglomerate rock picked up by Perseverance is a geological treasure trove, composed of various clasts – fragments of pre-existing rocks – that have been naturally cemented together over time.

The upcoming year is filled with wonders for stargazers, including prime-condition meteor showers and a total solar eclipse.

The rules of physics say that magnets with just one pole should be impossible. But when tiny particles start doing strange things, they can bend the rules.

New Findings from China's Zhurong Rover Shed Light on Mars's Ancient Climate - OPP.Today

This solar opening, identified as a Coronal Hole, is emitting an immense amount of radiation, rapidly progressing towards Earth.

While hunting for dark matter, astronomers accidentally discovered the first known stellar stream stretching between galaxies. The trail of stars is also the longest ever seen.

We have rocky moons, ocean moons and ice moons, but where are all the gas moons?

Located on the outskirts of Paris, the SOLEIL synchrotron is a unique facility in which electrons are accelerated close to the speed of light. While moving i...

Science News: Researchers from Germany, Egypt, and Morocco have used advanced microscopy technology to uncover the origin of Libyan desert glass, a substance found

Some enmities are so powerful, they could never be resolved.

Can a rogue star save Earth from its destined extinction? Scientists say...

The XPoSat mission is expected to be launched in the final weeks of December, aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

NOAA has revealed that multiple M-class solar flares have erupted on the Sun in the last 24 hours. These have triggered short-wave radio blackouts on the Earth. Check details here.

ISRO's successful repositioning of Chandrayaan-3's Propulsion Module signifies a significant leap forward in space exploration, showcasing adaptability and strategic planning.

An excerpt from ‘Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution,’ by Cat Bohannon.

Enjoy a stunning set of photos of the International Space Station as the orbital facility this week marks 25 years of operations.