See the crescent Moon meet Mars and Jupiter early in the mornings of 5 and 6 October 2026. Here's where to look and when.

There's a strange feature on Mars that looks like a doorway into a cave. Here's what the image really shows and why it's caused such a stir.

Radio emissions: Researchers have captured direct radio wave emissions originating from a planet outside our Solar System. MeerKAT array: Using South Africa’s radio telescope array, an international ...

The planet is well placed from the UK, able to reach a peak altitude approaching 40° – slightly less than halfway up the sky – when due south. This beautiful ringed planet reaches opposition on 4 ...

It might seem obvious that the sky is black at night because there’s no Sun to illuminate it. But what about all those billions of stars that are out there in the Universe, shining brightly? Shouldn't ...

Hidden away behind vast clouds of dust, IRAS 18293-0941 is a binary system with a black hole orbiting a massive, hot star.

The story of the Hillsborough meteorite and how scientists analysing the space rock have found it contains life-supporting ...