This is the best place to build a moon base

By looking at the amount of sunlight and shade available, which are both important factors in…

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

See the world’s best space images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 photo competition …

Hopes fade for renewed contact with India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander

Mission engineers had hoped that the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover could survive the freezing lunar…

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

Precious samples from the asteroid Bennu have returned to Earth, where researchers hope to use them…

No sign of Chandrayaan-3 as India searches for sleeping moon mission

The Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, which together make up India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, went to…

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

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is about to hurtle past Earth, and if all goes well it will…

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

Chaos in the interactions between stars near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole makes it impossible…

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

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter’s…

Last chance to see comet Nishimura before it vanishes for 400 years

The comet Nishimura is heading away from the sun and on to the outer reaches of…

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

The Psyche mission is scheduled to begin its journey to an asteroid of the same name…