A team of international researchers has confirmed the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet that may have the right conditions ...

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

The latest calculations show that the asteroid known as "2024 YR4" has an increased chance of striking our planet in Dec.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Scientists have found two unusual objects in deep space. One is so big it could fit 21 Jupiters inside but is neither a star nor a planet.

The great planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...