Pictures of the International Space Station as it passes in front of the Sun or Moon are a bit of a feather in the cap of space photographers – but Arizona-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy bagged a real prize.

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned with 6,700 pounds of futuristic gear from the International Space Station. 🛡️ The MISSE-20 project tested material durability in space, influencing future spacecraft design. 🤖 The Astrobee-REACCH robotic s…

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life

Researchers at MIT have tested a new technology for turning water vapor in the atmosphere into drinkable water, even in extreme environments.

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."

The huge asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered in 2024 and initially thought to have a 1 in 450 chance of smashing into Earth, but the space agency has now said it will instead hit the Moon, though the consequences could still be devastating

The astro-torts slowly went where no human nor reptile had gone before.

Mars is smaller than Earth, but does it have any moons?

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be c…

Australian start-up Cortical Labs and UK’s bit.bio have built CL1 with the aim of creating ‘synthetic biological intelligence’

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the cosmic web.

Daniel Xu has loved trains since he was a child. In a surprising twist of fate, he now lives above an extensive hobby train network set.

A newly discovered monstersaur roamed beneath the feet of giant dinosaurs.

NVIDIA's next big update with DLSS would likely be the switch towards a Transformer Model, which is expected to bring several improvements.

A cutting-edge submersible uncovered hidden Antarctic wonders—then mysteriously disappeared, leaving scientists baffled.

Unusual, tube-like structures in desert limestone have stumped researchers.

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s earliest history.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made a stunning discovery about the origins of disk galaxies, including our Milky Way.

Hubble Space Telescope reveals a stunning view of an active galactic center in UGC 11397.

For nine days, the Earth experienced seismic activity for 90 seconds. After extensive research, the reason for this phenomenon was finally discovered.

Families trying to memorialize to their lost loved ones in space were shocked to learn that those remains ended up at sea.

New propulsion technologies, including fusion drives and advanced solar sails, could make a mission to explore the distant dwarf planet Sedna a reality within the next decade.

Astronomers have discovered a rare, Jupiter-sized exoplanet at the edge of the Milky Way using gravitational microlensing, a space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein.

Researchers have published a study that outlines the discovery of three new types of minerals never before catalogued on Earth.