Space
Scientists detect biggest explosion since Big Bang
Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space - five times bigger than anything observed before. The huge release of…
Airbus proposes a solution to protect Earth from asteroids
It’s a scenario worthy of a Hollywood movie thriller: an approaching asteroid threatens the Earth, and an industry team is busily working…
Unusual radio signals detected from space
Astronomers have detected alien signals - that is, signals from a foreign galaxy - being emitted in an unusually regular 16-day cycle.…
Solar Orbiter blasts off on historic mission
An undated handout image made available by ESA shows an illustration of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Solar Orbiter spacecraft against the backdrop…
Photo Story: The first Supermoon of 2020
Two people kiss as the supermoon shines over the lighthouse of Favaritx, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, on the evening of Saturday 08…
US astronaut ends longest spaceflight by a woman
American astronaut Christina Koch landed back on Earth on Thursday, marking the end of the longest space mission ever completed by a…
Photo Story: When stars fight
A handout photo made available by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 05 February 2020 shows an Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (…
Two satellites narrowly miss colliding over US city of Pittsburgh
Two satellites hurtling across the sky at nearly 33,000 mph (53,000 km/h) narrowly missed a collision over the US state of Pennsylvania…
NASA Celebrates the Legacy of the Spitzer Space Telescope
An undated handout photo made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of an image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope…
Photo Story: US Space Force unveils new service utility uniforms
An undated handout photo made available by the United States Space Force (USSF) shows a nametape and camouflage utility uniform pattern for…
Astronomers trace journey of phosphorus to Earth
A handout photo made available by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 15 January 2020 shows the key results from a study…
Photo Story: Milky Way in the Hungarian sky
The Milky Way galaxy is visible in the night sky near Salgotarjan, northern Hungary, on the night of Wednesday 15 January 2020.…