Astronomers have for the first time detected the background hum of gravitational waves likely caused by merging black holes.

The Euclid mission is preparing to launch on July 1.

A large population of asteroids hurtling through the solar system may not be as dry as previously thought, salt grains on an asteroid show.

Researchers have discovered hundreds of galaxies that existed when the universe was just 4% of its current age.

Astronauts should wait at least three years after longer missions to give their brains time to recover, a new study suggests.

A "cosmic magnifying glass" has let astronomers discover complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away.

There’s a limit to the amount of oxygen we can carry with us in space – particularly if we want to do long-haul journeys to the Moon and Mars.

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a partnership between