From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

On this list, you'll find some weird incidents on Earth, a bit of Russian space drama and, of course, that little ...

CNSA’s 2026 space missions will take China’s space program to new heights. From Chang’e‑7 Lunar Mission to the Xuntian space ...

From stranded astronauts to secret moons to space photos that were once impossible to consider, here are the top space ...

China is rounding off what has been a year of big progress in space, including major crewed lunar landing tests, new rockets ...

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

Far below the ice and storms of the high north, scientists have pinpointed the deepest known Arctic vent system and found it ...

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most jaw-dropping space photos of 2025.

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable.

In 1974, the project’s Science Working Group recommended that the telescope be required to resolve details at least one-tenth ...