Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

During the Age of Exploration, explorers relied on compasses to navigate the oceans and conquer the wilds, but they were ...

VIENNA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China, a contributor to international collaboration in the peaceful use of outer space, has been pushing technological boundaries of the space field, the UN space chief ...

The creation of water on the lunar surface is possible, according to NASA, because the Moon lacks an atmosphere. Unlike the ...

The potential discovery of life elsewhere is down to the unprecedented sensitivity of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope.

The tendency of feminists to make mountains out of mole-hill achievements is embarrassing.

The groundbreaking research is being described as the "strongest evidence yet" of life in outer space. The study was ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

A geomagnetic storm unleashed by the sun on Sunday could create colorful auroral displays over parts of the United States ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even ...

Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the Apollo 12 astronauts transported invaluable samples of moon ... Earth a closer look at some of the deepest mysteries of space ...