Venus could be rocked by thousands of quakes every year

Venus may have regular quakes linked to the activity of volcanoes like the giant Maat Mons,…

Dark matter may allow giant black holes to form in the early universe

The long-standing mystery of how supermassive black holes grew so huge so quickly could be solved…

Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration

An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission…

Complex chemicals found on Enceladus improve prospects for life

The Cassini mission’s samples from Saturn’s moon Enceladus have signs of various organic molecules that could…

Polaris Dawn latest: SpaceX crew complete first ever ‘stand-up’ civilian spacewalk

Jared Isaacman looks out of the Dragon Capsule’s hatch SpaceX SpaceX made history today as its…

Visible aurora spotted for the first time on Mars by NASA’s Perseverance rover

The Perseverance rover is exploring Mars NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted an aurora on Mars…

Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star

The motion of bubbling gas on the surface of the star R Doradus ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemming…

Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io

This Juno image from February (right) reveals a new volcano that wasn’t there in a Galileo…

Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites

Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear…

Get ready to spot comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS next month

The comet Neowise and the Milky Way galaxy Adventure_Photo/Getty Images One of my favourite memories of…