Hypatia is the name of this stone, discovered 27 years ago, and which is the subject of much debate among geologists and astronomers around the world. A 3.5 cm long stone, which could prove in an unp… [+1169 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope, often known as Webb or JWST, is a huge, space-based observatory that is tailored for infrared wavelengths. It is a successor of the Hubble Space Telescope and has a wi… [+3872 chars]
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After astronomers snapped an image of a supermassive black hole for the first time in history, they are now looking to shoot a video that will show the churnings and the movement of the event horizon… [+2001 chars]
China plans to launch its second-ever deep space exploration effort in 2025, according to the chief designer of the country's Tianwen 1 Mars mission. Zhang Rongqiao told China Central Television on… [+3256 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another marvel of space - the spiral galaxy IC 342, also known as Caldwell 5. The galaxy captured by Hubble is situated 11 million light-years away from Ea… [+2680 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/JPL-Caltech Image caption, The sophisticated French-UK seismometer package is just weeks away from being shut off The seismo… [+4942 chars]
A handout video taken from a livestream by NASA shows NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its first test flight, as seen by NASA's Perseverance Rover, on Mars, on Monday. According to NASA, Ingen… [+1731 chars]
A seasonal imbalance in the amount of solar energy absorbed and released by the planet Mars is a likely cause of the dust storms that have long intrigued observers, a team of researchers reports. Ma… [+3562 chars]
Salt crystals from Central Australia hold ancient microorganisms that became trapped 830 million years ago, new research finds. And there's a chance that some of the microorganisms might still be a… [+4547 chars]
NASA's Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), the second uncrewed flight test of the company's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the agency's Commercial Crew Program, is scheduled to launch to the Inte… [+1727 chars]
<ul><li>Scientists have for the first time been able to grow plants in soil from the moon.</li><li>The soil samples were collected during the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 ventures, according to NPR.</li><li>… [+3976 chars]
