Earth

A sequence of four images taken by ESA’s Mars Express from Mars orbit capturing Earth and the Moon.

European Space Agency Photo From Mars Captures Earth As Small As An AntAugust 31, 2023

Artist's impression of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa touching down on the asteroid Itokawa in 2005.

Extraterrestrial Life

Table Salt With Cosmic Twist: Asteroid Samples Unveil Water’s Ancient Journey To EarthAugust 29, 2023

A close up of a solar eruption

Sunny Outcome: Life On Earth Sparked By Solar Eruptions?May 2, 2023

Clouds linger at twilight over the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array

Planets & Stars

Exoplanet emitting radio signals might have similar magnetic field to EarthApril 3, 2023

Artemis I image of Moon eclipsing Earth

Fantastic image of Earth, Moon together as Orion spacecraft reaches farthest distance from planetNovember 30, 2022

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Constellation

Next-gen tech ruining the night sky? Bright SpaceX Starlink satellites making astronomers’ jobs much harderSeptember 14, 2022

Artistic impression of Super-Earth Gliese 486b and its nearby red dwarf star.

Planets & Stars

‘Super-Earth’ discovery by Australian astronomers ‘has potential to transform understanding of planetary atmospheres’September 12, 2022

Artist's illustration of the exoplanet WASP-121b

Extraterrestrial Life

An abundance of water in exoplanets could indicate other habitable worldsSeptember 6, 2022

Artistic rendition of the exoplanet TOI-1452 b

Planets & Stars

‘One-of-a-kind’ exoplanet 100 light years from Earth among ‘best candidates for an ocean planet found to date’August 29, 2022

Moon photograph

How did the moon form? Study could finally explain origins of Earth’s only natural satelliteAugust 11, 2022