Glowing lava erupted from Mount Etna after “strombolian activity” was observed at the volcano’s South East Crater. Imagine ...

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

Don Pettit has returned to Earth after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station, wrapping up a journey ...

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

Bilén said satellites in traditional orbits face three challenges: crowding, lower resolution imaging and longer distances for data transmission to and from Earth. Orbiting closer to the ground ...

Having successfully carried out its three-step lunar exploration of orbiting, landing and sample return from the Earth's ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge ...

Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using advanced technology, these are the smallest exoplanets detected via the ...

researchers have found evidence of a planet roughly 120 light-years away - probably a gas planet at least four or five times the mass of Earth - orbiting two brown dwarfs, each about 35 times more ...

While Explorer 1 reentered Earth's atmosphere in 1970 ... Snagging the oldest orbiting satellite of any nation would not be easy, but is worthy of further study, the team noted last year at ...