When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Scientists have known that Mars is rich in strange chemicals, especially chlorine-based compounds found by orbiters, rovers, ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

By Alison VerbeckMars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare starless galaxy-like cloud known as a RELHIC, providing the strongest evidence yet for a cornerstone prediction of the Lambda CDM model: that many small dark matter ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

A recent image from the Hubble telescope offers us a dive into the heart of N159, an immense stellar nursery where the cosmic ...