A skygazer has revealed incredible footage of the Sun close up in stunning detail. The flaming ball was filmed by a special solar telescope for a staggering five hours. You can even make out gases … [+1069 chars]
Last year, the monstrous Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet (also known as C/2014 UN271) was discovered by the eponymous University of Pennsylvania astronomers Gary Bernstein and Pedro Bernardinelli. The … [+2780 chars]
The Sun just hurled debris from a dead sunspot toward Earth, and the superheated material is supposed to arrive at our planet on Thursday (dont worryyou wont feel it). On Monday, an old and dying s… [+2645 chars]
The Antikythera Mechanism, an incredible 2,000-year-old artifact that has gained fame as the first known analog computer, has excited the imaginations of the public and experts alike since it was rec… [+4074 chars]
The moon's far side is littered with many more craters than the nearside, which is visible from Earth. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)One side of the moon is littered with far more c… [+4129 chars]
Seeing the planets of the Solar System aligned in a neat line is one of many awe-inspiring stargazing experiences we can get and this month you could have a chance to see it with your own eyes. From… [+2576 chars]
The moon's far side is littered with many more craters than the nearside, which is visible from Earth. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)One side of the moon is littered with far more c… [+4129 chars]
China is planning its first space mission to survey the skies for exoplanets similar to Kepler-186f, an Earth-size planet orbiting a distant star (artists impression). Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T… [+5594 chars]
The supernova explosion that triggered the birth of the solar system, by exciting a cloud of gas and dust, has been recreated in a lab using a laser and foam ball. Molecular clouds, like the one tha… [+7573 chars]
NASA has revealed a stunning new image of a Mars crater and it has a secret meaning. On Monday, the US space agency took to Instagram to share an image of a strange crater on the Red Planet. “The M… [+1614 chars]
This image, snapped on March 31, 2022, from the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech… [+2355 chars]
Experts have confirmed a meteor that hit Earth in January 2014 did come from another solar system and is therefore the first known interstellar object. In a newly-released memo, US Space Command of… [+7990 chars]
