Experts have long suspected Venus could still host life with researchers detecting the presence of two potential biomarkers - the gases phosphine and ammonia ...

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

The UK’s VERVE mission to hunt for microbial life in Venus’s clouds could redefine the search for extraterrestrial life.

When most people think of our Solar System, they think of the 8 planets officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). But what if I told you there are at least 40 planets, and ...

Venus, shrouded in mystery, stands out with its toxic atmosphere and retrograde rotation, spinning in the opposite direction ...

The presence of apparent biological signatures on Venus has left UK-based researchers chasing down bacterial life in the ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Astronomers have discovered yet another alien visitor to the Solar System. This one appears to be a comet, a ball of dust, ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...