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GalaxEye's Mission Drishti has likely been lost after a geomagnetic solar storm disrupted a critical onboard system. The company said the mission still delivered engineering insights that will shape ...

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Multi-million-dollar investment advances scientific instrument development and supports critical milestone toward completion of one of the world's most powerful telescopes ...

Astronomers have identified GJ 3378b, a super-Earth located 25 light-years away, in the habitable zone of its star, raising ...

Some astronomers have theorized that the space rock may be a chunk of material that broke off the moon. China’s Tianwen-2 ...

As Chris Packham gears up for his new TV show, Evolution, he tells Penny Sarchet why understanding the latest evolutionary ...

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Geologists studying some of the planet's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

Despite being called a "minimoon", Kamo'oalewa is not Earth's second moon. It is a rare type of asteroid known as a ...