Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

We’re essentially opening a new window on the transient universe” said Matthew Siebert of the Space Telescope Science Institute, capturing the awe that swept through the astrophysics community after ...

A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet. The first of these little-known companions to the Jovian giant was ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Nearly 400 years ago, Galileo looked at the Pleiades star cluster through his telescope and noticed that the seven or so ...

NASA have found something new moving in our Solar System. Even thought it's not water, still a phenomenon worth of time ...

University College Dublin (UCD) researchers Assoc Prof Barry Wardell and Prof Kylie Jarrett to receive a total of €5 million ...

William Allen Till, Jr. (Bill), 72 of Somerville passed away on June 9 at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville. He was born January 4, 1953 in Greenville, the son of Dr. William Allen Till, Sr (DVM) and ...

Gardaí are investigating if Carlow gunman Evan Fitzgerald saved a manifesto on a USB device which was left at his friend’s home in the hours before he opened fire in a shopping centre.

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

West Godavari District Collector Ch. Nagarani has ordered a probe against 17 private hospitals for allegedly collecting additional fees under NTR Vaidya Seva Trust.

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent ...