We already had a bit of an inkling that our nearest stellar neighbour might be an inhospitable place. In 2017,...
On Dec. 6 local time (Dec. 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the ground...
The surface of Mars, by every measurement we’ve taken, is currently an inhospitable wasteland. Only dust devils roam its arid...
The stars are constantly moving across the sky. Known as proper motion, this motion is imperceptible to the unaided eye...
A Japanese capsule carrying the world’s first asteroid subsurface samples shot across the night atmosphere early Sunday before landing in...
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were...
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully released a small capsule on Saturday and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a...
A Japanese spacecraft is set to return from its asteroid-blasting mission on Saturday. In a dramatic finale, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft...
The Voyager probes left our Solar System years ago, yet even as they travel through interstellar space, they are still...
The most accurate three-dimensional map yet of the Milky Way is revealing our galaxy’s secrets. Peering deep into the anticentre...
Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the...
China has landed an ambitious rock-collecting mission on the Moon. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) abruptly cut off its...
