Eris and Makemake might be hiding unexpected oceans of liquid water

An artist’s illustration of Makemake NASA, ESA, and A. Parker Icy rocks in the outer solar…

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal asteroid may reveal how Earth formed

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Psyche spacecraft NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA is preparing to…

Green comet Nishimura is about to disappear for 400 years – here’s how to see it before it goes

Comet Nishimura as seen in L’Aquila, Italy, on 8 September Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto/Getty Images The comet…

Europa’s underground ocean seems to have the carbon necessary for life

Artist’s impression of Europa (foreground) with Jupiter to the right and the moon Io in the…

We can only predict star motion in the Milky Way’s heart for 462 years

The centre of the Milky Way is surprisingly chaotic Guillem Lopez Borras/Alamy Near the centre of…

OSIRIS-REx is about to fling samples of the asteroid Bennu at Earth

Illustration of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule passing through Earth’s atmosphere NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/CI…

Chandrayaan-3: No signals found as India searches for sleeping moon mission

The Vikram lander on the surface of the moon, as seen by the Pragyan rover ISRO…

Bennu: Samples from asteroid brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx touched down in Utah on 24 September Keegan Barber/UPI/Shutterstock…

Chandrayaan-3 moon lander: Hopes fade for renewed contact with Indian spacecraft

The Vikram lander hasn’t woken up on the surface of the moon ISRO The Indian Space…

World’s best space images from Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023

The winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 have been announced. Astronomer and competition judge…