Space

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has snapped the telltale traces of  ‘black spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region of Mars. Rather than being actual spiders, these small, dark features form when spring sunshine falls on layers of carbon...

China has reached a new frontier within lunar exploration and scientific research with its release of the world's first complete high-definition geologic atlases of the moon. The atlases, available in both Chinese and English, are an all-encompassing tool made up...

NASA wants to find a cheaper and more efficient way to bring back soil samples from Mars to Earth. It is also a top priority in the world of science in general. Due to tight budgets, NASA officials are...

Some of the world's leading cosmologists are set to convene at London's Royal Society this week to re-examine the basic model of the universe, which was formulated in 1922 and held that the universe is a vast, even expanse...

Scientists have uncovered a cosmic secret. There were three stars called HD 148937. Now, only two remain. They appear unusual because they used to be part of a trio. Researchers discovered that two of these stars collided, forming the stunning...

Conspiracy theories have created J. Rod the Alien —an extraterrestrial person— who is said to have been employed by the US government in Area 51. The J. Rod tales initially surfaced in the 1980s, and several novels and TV series...

Researchers claim that findings from a new, much larger 3D cosmic map covering three times as many galaxies and previous efforts, may challenge the present idea of dark energy and raises questions about the future of the universe. The largest...

NASA is creating a single time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies, the White House stated on Tuesday, in response to growing competition in space from both public and commercial space companies. The US space agency was given...

According to NASA, a rare and huge comet known as "devil comet' is expected to travel by Earth for the first time in 71 years and might be seen during the much-awaited total solar eclipse on April 8. Officially named...

A super strong geomagnetic storm hit Earth recently, sparked by a rare "double" X-class flare from the sun. This storm, the strongest in over six years, lit up the skies worldwide with colorful auroras and other bright phenomena. The event...

Adrianos Golemis, who previously worked as a doctor for the European Space Agency, has now become the first Greek to pass the organization's test to become an astronaut. Every year, around 22,500 hopefuls apply for the European Space Agency's (ESA)...

A new study from the University of Ottawa shakes up our understanding of the universe. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, the study challenges what we thought we knew about the universe's makeup. The existing idea says it's made of normal...

SpaceX's Starship rocket made its first trip to space successfully, but now it went missing upon reentry. The rocket, which is the largest and most powerful ever made, took off from its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday,...

A Japanese company tried to launch its first rocket into space on Wednesday, but it didn't go as planned. The rocket, known as Kairos, took off from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, Japan. It was 10:01 p.m. EDT on March...

A meteoroid was captured exploding over Metsovo in northern Greece recently by the cameras of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). The initial assessment from the combination of data is that "the meteoroid entered the Greek airspace in the wider...