The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.

Some scientists are keen to send humans to Venus on a flyby.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully showed that it is possible to crash a spacecraft into a small asteroid. Whether the approach could save Earth from a future threat remains to be seen.

Crashing the 1,340-pound DART probe into the small moonlet orbiting the asteroid Didymos should redirect its trajectory – and could be a model for how to save Earth in the future.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images of the Orion Nebula, the richest and closest star nursery in the solar system.

Discarded pieces of landing gear, crashed spacecraft and wear and tear have produced a lot of debris that is now scattered around the Martian surface.

Newly discovered super-Earths add to the list of planets around other stars that offer the best chance of finding life. An astronomer explains what makes these super-Earths such excellent candidates.

A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.