Scientists find underground cave on moon
A huge underground cave on the moon could serve as a future base for astronauts
A huge underground cave on the moon could serve as a future base for astronauts
Australian families thousands out of pocket after ‘once in a lifetime’ student space camp company collapses
China has left a reminder of its historic mission to the far side of the moon on the lunar surface. Its spacecraft is bringing home rocks that may explain how planets are formed
A sudden blue flash has stunned people in parts of Portugal and Spain after the fragment of a comet entered Earth’s atmosphere in a spectacular cosmic show that looked like an alien landing
Stunned Aussies looked skyward over the Mother’s Day weekend as a once in a lifetime showing of the aurora australis turned the night sky into a rainbow of coloured lights following a solar storm
The super-Earth planet known as 55 Cancri e is surrounded by an atmosphere of gases, a groundbreaking new study has revealed – but does this mean it holds the conditions to sustain life?
This year’s Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to be extra special as Jupiter sends the space dust left by Halley’s comet in a closer direction to Earth – and Australia is in a prime position to see it
A mum has written herself into the history books by becoming the first person under the Australian flag to graduate from astronaut training. Her next goal? To be the first Aussie female in space
It’s been more than seven decades since Australians have viewed the bright green Devil’s Comet in our night sky. Here’s how and where you can see it over coming weeks
About 180 million North Americans stopped what they were doing and looked skyward as the shadow of the moon blocked out the sun in a rare solar eclipse lasting an hour-and-a-half
Tick tock: NASA to create a time standard for the moon to help spacecraft from around the world synchronise their clocks
The twisted spiral pattern around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, newly observed by astronomers, reveals new qualities of the hugely powerful object lurking at the centre of our galaxy
The uneven composition of twin stars in the Milky Way suggests not all planetary systems are as stable as our own, with a new study concluding that some planets end up as dinner to the stars
Headaches experienced by astronauts in space mostly occur during the first couple of weeks of their mission, a new study finds
Residents at a US zoo are in the spotlight as scientists plan to closely study how the animals respond to solar eclipses when the next day of darkness rolls across the country next month
Results of a Pentagon report have been released after analysis into whether there were secret government studies into UFOs and if reported alien sightings over the past 80 years were credible
Aussie stargazers were in for a treat as the Starlink satellite train made its way across Victorian skies over the weekend, with other states set to view the spectacle in the coming days
The first ever privately owned spacecraft put the US back on the moon for the first time in 52 years – but the lunar lander is set to stop working ahead of schedule after it came to rest on its side
Shining 500 trillion times brighter than our sun, a newly identified quasar as old as the origins of the known universe is chomping through the equivalent of 370 suns a year, an Aussie-led team says
Known for the distinctive crater that bestowed Star Wars street cred, Saturn moon Mimas has the scientific world astir after a new study finds evidence of an unexpected sub-surface ocean