We were pretty sure even before the first lander grounded on Mars that the red colour of the planet is due to a lot of iron oxide in the rocks ...

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

Venera 4 was launched into space on a mission to Venus, thus becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet's atmosphere. This was a Russian probe designed to study the atmosphere ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary space science. The U.S. is building ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

The Moon settles into CAPRICORN today, bringing with it a grounded, deliberate tone. Early on, this energy pairs smoothly with Venus in TAURUS, offering a rare window for grace, beauty and ease in ...

Emma Raducanu has stormed into the round of 16 at Queen's with a resounding win over Cristina Bucsa. Raducanu won 77% of her ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter ...

The European Space Agency-led spacecraft Solar Orbiter, which carries instruments designed and built at UCL, has captured the ...