A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we don't know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical ...

South Africa's MeerKAT telescope makes groundbreaking discovery of giant radio galaxy, shedding new light on the universe.

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...

Vatican Observatory director Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno explores faith and science in his new book, “A Jesuit’s Guide to ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is a joint ESA/NASA project. It has become one of the most important science ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

Dr Tina Gharavi has directed Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, starring award-winning actors including Timothy Spall, Jennifer ...