An exoplanet a whopping 17,000 light-years from Earth has been found hiding in data collected by the now-retired Kepler Space Telescope. It's the most distant world ever picked up by the planet-hunt… [+5091 chars]
When it comes to mesmerising images of space, we're more accustomed to those taken by astronauts, probes or iconic telescopes such as Hubble. But a fascinating new picture, which was actually taken … [+5032 chars]
A spectacular aurora borealis triggered by giant 'cannibal' solar eruption that hurtled towards Earth at 1.8 million miles an hour has thrilled stargazers in Scotland and North America. New photos… [+11119 chars]
It turns out that Mars is rumblier than we knew. New techniques have revealed previously undetected quakes beneath the Martian surface and, scientists say, the best explanation so far is ongoing volc… [+4196 chars]
