India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon rover swerves to avoid crater

A 4-metre-wide crater caused a course correction ISRO India’s moon rover has successfully steered around a…

Michele Dougherty interview: How JUICE will look for habitability on Jupiter’s moons

The European Space Agency’s JUICE probe launched in April this year ESA/Stephane Corvaja DECADES-LONG space missions…

Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds that rain sand

Artist’s impression of fluffy planet WASP-107b and its parent star LUCA School of Arts, Belgium/ Klaas…

Fluffy exoplanet blasted by its sun has clouds that rain sand

The James Webb Space Telescope has let us peer into the atmosphere of gas giant planet…

Is an enormous shield the worst way to protect Earth from asteroids?

Protecting Earth from any huge asteroid that might come our way is complicated. If you break…

Iconic 1987A supernova captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

Supernova 1987A, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA, ESA, CSA, and M. Matsuura…

Have interstellar meteor fragments really been found in the ocean?

A microscopic image of a metal sphere that a team of scientists argue came from an…

Aditya-L1: India set to launch probe to investigate mysteries of the sun

Aditya-L1 is due to launch on 2 September from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India ISRO India…

Chandrayaan-3: India’s moon craft enter sleep mode and await freezing lunar night

India’s Vikram lander on the surface of the moon ISRO India’s groundbreaking lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-3…

Never-before-seen space explosion is incredibly bright but fades fast

Artist’s impression of a black hole destroying a nearby star – a phenomenon that might explain…