The Moon illusion is what makes the Moon look giant when you see it rising over a distant horizon. An astronomer explains what causes this awe-inspiring trick of the mind.

The European space agency will need both a launch vehicle and a lander platform to launch its ExoMars rover without help from Russia.

We know cities need green spaces – but what should they look like and where should they go?

By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are helping to solve one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields.

A reconstruction of the early history of several asteroids indicates that the solar system at its beginnings was much more chaotic than we thought.

Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.

A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.

The more new housing a neighbourhood has, the less of the local area is dedicated to green space, which has knock-on effects for wellbeing and the climate crisis.

A ‘right to grow’ law encouraging more locally-grown food could boost health, community pride and food supply resilience.