Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System - but its volcanoes are in the wrong place. That's the conclusion of Na...
Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System - but its volcanoes are in the wrong place. That's the conclusion of Na...
UPDATE: Nasa has issue a statement saying that its scientists are not in consensus that the craft has left the Solar System. Read the statement here. ...
You don't know what the Solar System looks like. That's the message of a new video which asks its viewers to reconsider their basic image of the su...
Physicists say they are closer than ever to understanding a vast mysterious ribbon of particles at the edge of the Solar System. Nasa's Interstella...
Among one of the most ridiculous-sounding fears about the supposed 2012 Mayan apocalypse is the idea that the Earth might be hit by a rogue planet. ...
Nasa has found evidence of "abundant" ice and organic material beneath the surface of Mercury. Enormous black patches of dark material have been fo...
A "dwarf planet" discovered seven years ago near the edge of the Solar System is a dead, frozen world with no atmosphere, scientists have learned. ...
Seen from afar it looks like a giant UFO. The red and yellow alien-craft-like galaxy, called NGC5010, was captured by the Nasa/ESA Hubble Space Tel...
Extraterrestrial microbes might have brought life to Earth after travelling through space for millions of years, say scientists. The theory is base...
It’s taken eight years to build, boasts 570 megapixels and it’s hoped that it’ll help answer one of the greatest mysteries in science – why th...
A British teenager has proved that it’s not strictly necessarily have to have a multi-million pound satellite to produce stunning pictures of Earth ...
The universe has been around for 14 billion years – but scientists have managed to squeeze its evolution into 78 seconds of video. Needless to sa...
Many astronomers believe that given how many stars there are – roughly a septillion - and how old the universe is - 14 billion years - it’s not li...
One planet orbiting two stars is an image familiar from Star Wars - but now Nasa says they've discovered one for real. The space agency's Kepler mi...
An amateur astronomer has said he got the shock of his life when he made Ireland's second discovery of a supernova (exploding star) in less than two y...
There was shock and awe for South Wales residents on Monday night after a meteorite raced across the night sky then exploded with such force that it r...
When footage emerged of Nasa’s scientists celebrating the touch-down of the Mars rover Curiosity, there were no surprises with regards to their look...
Nasa’s Curiosity rover successfully touching down on Mars on Monday has led to a 1000% increase in back-slapping in America, lots of serious scienti...
A 'roasted' alien world discovered by Nasa scientists is the closest planet smaller than Earth ever found. The planet - UCF-1.01 - was identified b...
Since approximately 1980, a secret space fleet code named 'Solar Warden' has been in operation unknown to the public...
When it comes to space, some things sound worse than they are. For instance, a researcher has worked out how to find hidden portals in the Earth's ...
Scientists have confirmed that if you can find a flight, you could ski on Mars. Well, sort of. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Tec...
Ever had that feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day? Well one day, there won’t be any hours in the day, or minutes, or even nano-se...
Lakes of shimmering methane may be hiding amid an enormous desert of shifting sand dunes in the tropics of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Titan has ...
