'The fate of nations and the fall of kingdoms': History's epic theories of what causes aurora

Here’s why humans chose particular groups of stars as constellations

Nasa’s Orion spaceship four days into Artemis II mission

NASA Artemis II Splashdown and Astronaut Recovery Operation [Image Gallery]

Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men

Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft

The Universe is Calling: Become a NASA Astronaut

Astronauts Wanted

U.S. Postal Service Unveils 1969: First Moon Landing Forever Stamps

Ever wanted to chat with an astronaut? Well a new app lets you do just that! Why not chat with them as they orbit on the International Space Station? Read all about it here

A NASA astronaut on the International Space Station gives us some more reasons to want to swap jobs (for a while at least).

Have you ever wondered what astronauts eat when they are in space? 

Did you know that we have only been exploring space for 50 years? Would you have the courage to do this?

How would you like to wake up to this awesome view every morning?

Rethinking Radio: A New Way to Hear the Universe?

The medieval Oxford friar who worked out the makeup of planets and stars

CBC News: Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected

The Himalayan village where you can see the cosmos

The eclipse that proved Einstein right

Amateur astronomers’ images of a rare double aurora may unlock its secrets

Could it be that we actually live in a hologram? Some astronomers have put forward that very idea.

A simple stargazing ritual to reset stress

Students use a rocket to send their experiments into space. Now that is what I call experimenting!

How do astronomers know so much about other planets? Have a read of this to find out

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 – winning images

World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe

Seeing stars: the astronomical rise of Australian dark-sky tourism

A century ago, astronomy’s Great Debate foreshadowed today’s view of the universe

Goodbye, dark sky. The stars are rapidly disappearing from our night sky

Can We Recognize Alien Life? Ocean Worlds and the Search for Life

Where we might find aliens in the next decade

Pentagon releases UFO videos for the record

Astronomers want public funds for intelligent life search

Voyager 2 Just Sent Back Evidence of the IMPOSSIBLE

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Nasa spacecraft weighing 1,300lb due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere

Launching micro payloads and satellites into orbit. Why spend all that time developing?

Watch: 'UFO' spotted in Australian skies identified as Chinese rocket

How do we launch rockets? Goddard was the US leader of rockets. Science Channel tells us more about his work

I never get tired of seeing the Earth from space. The ISS is easy to locate using the link, but you can also see the High Definition Earth Viewing experiment too.

The probe to alpha centauri will be tiny. Is this the future of space travel? Read more here

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon

Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'

Voyager Journey

NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle

Chandrayaan-3: Historic India Moon mission sends new photos of lunar surface

Nasa says Dart mission succeeded in shifting asteroid’s orbit

Nasa’s uncrewed Orion capsule splashes down after ‘historic’ moon mission

SpaceX loses 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm a day after launch

NASA's latest Mars mission with Perseverance has two very interested Australians: Abigail Allwood and David Flannery

Two rockets dropped tracers into the northern lights and the result was glorious

The idea of water is amazing as we link it closely to life! Click here to find out where it has been found (not on Earth!)

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe beams back first insights from sun's edge

Tracking the space station

Hayabusa-2: Japanese probe likely to have 'bombed' an asteroid

What is the next step in our voyage into space?

Astronomers have discovered Earth-like planets! Read on

How space-based solar power can fuel our Earth

Rethinking the “Goldilocks Zone”: Astronomers May Have Been Looking for Life in the Wrong Places

The observatory that can reveal deepest secrets of space

Euclid telescope captures Einstein ring revealing warping of space

China opens world's largest radio telescope link

Virtual Telescope Project

Scientists Marvel at NASA Webb Telescope’s New Views of the Cosmos

‘Historic’ James Webb images show exoplanet in unprecedented detail

Nasa space telescope reveals celestial hourglass formed by embryonic star

Ariel: Contract signed to build European planet telescope

Euclid telescope: First images revealed from 'dark Universe' mission

James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova

James Webb telescope's MIRI instrument goes super-cold

James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission

Where is webb?

Nasa launches $10bn James Webb space telescope

Telescope captures most detailed pictures yet of the sun

Nasa mission lines up to 'touch the Sun'

The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway

Seems that not all ideas are crazy. Innovation takes many forms and we shouldn't lose sight of that! Investigate the novel approaches to a problem as well as the more mundane.

Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration

The observatory that can reveal deepest secrets of space

Can we make an artificial sun on the Earth? Just like in the Spiderman movie 

First Ever Images from the Vera Rubin Telescope

The epic hunt for a planet just like Earth

'We've never seen this before': The spectacular stereo images of giant galaxies

Private spacecraft Blue Ghost makes successful upright moon landing

Nasa rover discovers largest organic compounds yet found on Mars

Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space

Sky skimmers: The race to fly satellites at the lowest orbits yet

How this is like the warp drive on space movies. Now NASA seems to think it may be possible. 

Warp Speed Comparison

Building an impulse engine

China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet

China's Mars rover touches down on the red planet

China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures

Gaia 'discovery machine' updates star catalogue

'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds

A boomerang shaped glider could be an unusual spaceship. But there are plans to use it to examine Mars.

NASA Just Admitted They've Created Something So Advanced It Can Reach Lightspeed

Now it appears that other forms of propulsions (besides our current rocket engines) may be possible. It's like science fiction meets reality - read more here

I really think we should clean up after ourselves don't you?

It is our junk from the last 50 years. Space junk radar rocks!

NASA Designs Near Light Speed Engine That  Breaks Laws Of Physics

A ‘Golden Record’ for Europa

Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars

The Plan To Get To Mars In Three Days Explained

I wonder what it was like on Mars? Amazing technology that allows us to study Mars from Earth. Making predictions and assumptions is easier and more reliable as we know more.

A possible solution is using another satellite - Cleanspace 1

We have created a lot of space junk since Sputnik was launched. Its good to know we can track all of it. Go to the link and have a read, then tell me what you think we should do

Astrophysicists Chart Source of Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs

A mysterious comet is shooting through our solar system. Why are scientists so excited about 3I/Atlas?

CBC News: Comet Lemmon

The mysterious 'dark comets' prowling our Solar System

Watch: Nasa releases new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Nasa scientists spy 'largest comet ever seen'

Once upon a time... #cometlanding

3I/Atlas: Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Arrives from Afar

Rare comet may be visible for first time in 160,000 years

‘Larger than Everest’ comet could become visible to naked eye this month

Rare total lunar eclipse ‘blood moon’ to be visible from UK

Chasing the next solar eclipse: When, where and how to see it

Breathtaking solar eclipse over glacier in Patagonia

How the 2019 eclipse will differ from 2017’s — and what that means for science

A natural phenomena I would love to see. I have seen lots of lunar eclipses! Solar eclipse in March 2015 from different perspectives. 

Fancy knowing when the next eclipse will occur? Read more

Solar eclipse: Path of darkness - scroll every mile of totality

Partial solar eclipse pictured across the globe

How to safely photograph the total solar eclipse

Solar eclipse: Path of darkness - scroll every mile of totality

Watch stunning images and best moments from total solar eclipse

‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America

Total solar eclipse over Mexico, US and Canada – in pictures

The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA

Moment suspected meteor is spotted over Ohio and Pennsylvania

Perseids meteor shower seen in skies above UK

CBC News : Perseid shower

Geminid meteor shower set to light up sky during weekend peak

Watch: Moment fireball lights up night sky in Japan

Watch: Meteor burns across Australian night sky

Perseid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse

Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say

Arid meteor shower makes new appearance in southern hemisphere skies

A meteor may have exploded over Antarctica 430,000 years ago

Meteorite that landed in Cotswolds may solve mystery of Earth’s water

How magnetic is the moon? A new study cracks the long-standing mystery

Great to see such excellent pictures of space phenomena - like the gas jets coming from this moon. Read

Time-lapse shows Blood Moon rising around the world

Super blue Moon: Rare spectacle set to light up skies

One of Saturn's tiny moons is shaped like a walnut, another like a potato

Ever wondered what it would be like to live on another planet or celestial object? Check out the details and helpful hints below

New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life

A ‘Soda Ocean’ on a Moon of Saturn Has All the Ingredients for Life

What’s Really Happening on Venus? Scientists Reveal Surprising Patterns

Nasa rover finds rocks on Mars with potential signs of past life

Lightning detected on Mars by Nasa rover, scientists believe

Seven planets are lining up in the sky next month. This is what it really means

Mercury: The planet that shouldn't exist

"Hi, Its Jupiter calling", will you accept the call? 

Scientists identify 29 planets where aliens could observe Earth

Nasa says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean and possible hint of life

Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere

New signs found of giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'

Saturn now reigns as the solar system’s ‘moon king’

If planets were as close as the moon

Jupiter and Saturn meet in closest ‘great conjunction’ since 1623

Are there really nitrogen lakes on Pluto? Read on to find out

Rotation speed & direction of solar system planets

New hope of finding life on Mars after indication of water, scientists say

Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by Nasa

Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

Northern Lights Forecast: New York And More States Could See Aurora Tonight - Forbes

Northern Lights Alert: 10 States Could See Aurora Tuesday Night

New video shows stunning Aurora Borealis over South Dakota

Solar storm confirms Vikings settled in North America exactly 1,000 years ago

CBC News: Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

CBC News: Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

Space Weather Report for the Cannibal CME Racing Towards Earth

Nasa astronaut films the Northern Lights from space

Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained

An aurora chaser's guide to the Northern Lights

'Eerie' sound Earth makes when hit by solar storm recorded for the first time

Listen to the Sun like never before

Auroras on Jupiter, go figure

When the sun erupts interactive

The Sun's magnetic field shows up so well here. It looks like it has field lines, just like those we see around a bar magnet.

This is an example of what a star ejects and our magnetic field and atmosphere must deal with. It makes you think, especially if you consider the size of the amount of matter coming from the sun!

Stare At The Depths Of A Sunspot, Courtesy Of These Solar Telescope Images

Solar Prominence

What Happens When a Star Dies?

The Countdown Begins: Scientists Say This Star That Could Explode Any Mo...

Black hole is born with an infrared whimper – Physics World

CBC News: Manitoba researchers part of team working to unravel mystery of largest black hole merger ever detected

Explainer: What are black holes?

What does it mean to “look” at a black hole?

Black holes born with magnetic fields quickly shed them

Stupendously large: How big can black holes get?

Black hole visionaries push the boundaries of knowledge in a new film

A black hole eruption marks the most powerful explosion ever spotted

New Black Hole Just Dropped

What does a black hole look like? | Science News

First ever black hole image released

The M87 black hole image showed the best way to measure black hole masses

Scientists detect biggest ever merger of two massive black holes

Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years

4 things we’ll learn from the first closeup image of a black hole

Explainer: What are black holes?

What's inside a black hole?

Hundreds of Times Colder Than Outer Space: Scientists Reach Near-Absolute Zero in Dark Matter Hunt

Mystery Deepens: Astrophysicists Say Dark Matter May Not Be One Thing

Scientists Propose a Radical New Way To Detect Gravitational Waves Using Atomic Light

Missing Link Found: A Breakthrough in Exoplanet Science

James Webb Just Captured Betelgeuse's Final Moments

A Strange Signal in a Supernova Finally Confirms a 16-Year-Old Theory

“Ghost Galaxy” Made of 99% Dark Matter Discovered 300 Million Light Years Away

Dark Energy may be changing and with it the fate of the Universe

Astronomers detect ‘cosmic bass note’ of gravitational waves

Astronomers capture 1st close-up photograph of new interstellar visitor

Astrophysicists find elusive molecule that 'kick-started' the universe

In a first, magnetic fields have been spotted between two galaxy clusters

Gravitational Waves

What is dark matter and how can we find it?

Dark Energy experiment shakes Einstein's theory of Universe

Gamma Ray Bursts - becoming the Hulk & gaining Super powers?

This Experiment Just Ruled Out The Many Worlds Theory, Physicists Claim

The Science Channel - Space's Deepest Secrets

The Star That Redefined the Universe

An unsolved mystery in outer space

Star hurtling around a giant black hole proves Einstein right - again

A weird stellar explosion may have caused the brightest supernova yet seen

Astrophysicists: gamma-ray jets exceed the speed of light

Dark energy: mysterious cosmic force appears to be weakening, say scientists

The bizarre space explosions scientists can't explain

Controversial new theory of gravity rules out need for dark matter

How two gamma-ray bursts created record-breaking high-energy photons

Telescope tracks 35 million galaxies in Dark Energy hunt

Scientists get closer to solving mystery of antimatter

A quantum computer has simulated a wormhole for the first time

Astronomers snap detailed image of plasma jet blasting from supermassive black hole

A bounty of potential gravitational wave events hints at exciting possibilities

New dark matter map reveals cosmic mystery

Einstein Ring found

Gamma-ray space telescope study may have spotted dark matter

What are gravity waves? Find out here

Ancient Dusty Galaxies Discovered at the Edge of the Universe Rewrite Cosmic History

Alaknanda: Indian researchers find galaxy like Milky Way from 12 billion years ago

Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition

Cardiff University team helps find mysterious iron bar in space

Our Milky Way Galaxy is bigger that we thought. It's not even flat like we thought it was, but corrugated like ripples on a pond. For more information, click here

We’ve mapped a million previously undiscovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way. Take the virtual tour here.

Andromeda’s and the Milky Way’s black holes will collide. Here’s how it may play out

How big is our galaxy, the milky way?

Never before seen images of our Universe

'Christmas lights' galaxy reveals how Universe formed

Spin in this Milky Way bar may show cosmic dark matter does exist

Nasa releases new image that shows Milky Way’s energized ‘downtown’

Ever wonder what a nebula looks like? Kinda scary huh?

CBC News: Birth of a solar system: Astronomers observe early planet formation for 1st time

Fly through a nebula

‘Unprecedented’: Nasa releases image of star-forming region

Here's What Happens If You Get Too​ Close To A Neutron Star

Strontium is the first heavy element detected from a neutron star merger

Neutron stars: New telescope detects dead suns colliding

Rare black hole and neutron star collisions sighted twice in 10 days