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These are the most common planets in the Galaxy. Scientists have finally worked out where they come from
Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are everywhere – now we finally know how they’re made
We may be about to see an asteroid-mining gold rush. But here's why it could be a very bad idea
We examine the scramble to harvest metals from asteroids – and why we should think twice about it
A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist
The mystery of ‘little red dots’ just got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a whole population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes
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An enormous brain in a jar? NASA's best space telescope just saw something really weird...
James Webb Space Telescope explores the Exposed Cranium Nebula
North Sea crater was created by an asteroid smashing into Earth, causing a tsunami taller than Big Ben
Silverpit Crater was caused by an asteroid or comet smashing into the North Sea, generating a 100m-tall tsunami, say scientists.
A rare double-planet conjunction will glow in the sky this summer, and you won't need a telescope to see it
See Venus and Jupiter meet for a celestial summer spectacle
Celestron's powerful smart telescope has an upgrade. We got the chance to try out the brand new Mark II
A pricey but powerful smart scope that brings deep-sky targets alive instantly
The Universe is unimaginably chaotic. 10 violent cosmic explosions that would instantly wipe out our Solar System
Join us on a turbulent tour through the most powerful explosions in the cosmos
'A fingerprint from another solar system'. Latest 3I/ATLAS data proves interstellar comet is unlike anything we've seen before
3I/ATLAS contains more methanol than what's normally seen in Solar System comets
From a stellar diamond to a squashed mammoth and one as old as the Universe, 8 of the weirdest stars ever seen
Among the trillion trillion stars in the Universe, there are some real oddballs. Here are some of the weirdest stars astronomers have uncovered in the depths of space.
The story of the first alien world discovered with rings like Saturn's
J1407b is the first exoplanet with a ring system to be discovered. This is its story.
Strangest things in our Solar System
Some of the weird and wonderful objects we find close to Earth
Why doesn’t the Sun just float away into space? Here's what the science says
The Sun seems to be static, but in truth is anything but
Prehistoric alien dinosaur planets would be easier to find than modern-day Earth, say scientists
Life is more detectable on worlds with big lifeforms, a study has found.
NASA Mars rover's incredible image shows rays of sunlight through a bank of Martian clouds
The Martian rover has sent back an image of crepuscular rays shining through a bank of clouds on the Red Planet.
This is what our nearest galaxy would look like if we went there, and how our Solar System would appear
What would Earth and the Sun look like when viewed from the Andromeda Galaxy? And what would the galaxy look like if we could travel there?
What Earth looks like from other planets
Views of planet Earth as seen from the other worlds of the Solar System
The March Blood Moon eclipse darkens Earth's surface in new satellite images
What would the lunar eclipse look like on Earth, from space?
NASA's Cassini spacecraft's best images of Saturn and its moons
The NASA Cassini mission captured beautiful images of Saturn, its rings and its moons.
A 'wall of death' on the Moon could help astronauts prevent their bodies from wasting away
Could the classic circus stunt be the answer to helping lunar settlers exercise?
How many planets are there? It's a trickier question to answer than you might think...
What makes a planet? How many are there in our Solar System and the wider Universe?
What is Area 51 and what really goes on there?
Area 51 is most known for it's inclusion in alien conspiracy theories. But what actually is Area 51 and what really goes on there?
The story of Kepler-22b, the first exoplanet discovered orbiting in the Goldilocks Zone of its star
Kepler 22-b lies about 15% closer to its parent star than Earth does to the Sun
Our Galaxy and others are being pulled into deep space by something called the Great Attractor
In space, nothing is ever still. You feel like you’re sitting still as you read this, but you’re not
