As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.
China's Chang'e 7 moon-landing mission will apparently include a flag that can flutter in the moon's thin and tenuous atmosphere.
Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.
The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost."
The long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia could be upended.
By the end of this decade, nations and private companies may well be mining the surface of the Moon.
Scientists expect the moon to have better soil for growing food than the red planet
One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?
