Space

On the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very different creatures, wombats and rabbits, …

Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle toward Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are …

On December 27 last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving …

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most …

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid …

When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and …

Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put …

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has …

By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998, astronomers discovered the universe isn’t just …

By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the …