Robert Lea

Raise a cold one for the spacecraft as it makes its 15th perihelion today braving blisteringly hot temperatures.

The constellation of Orion the Hunter becomes 'Orion the hunted' during mid-March as its bright stars light up the southern night sky and make a tantalizing target for skywatchers.

The annual meteor shower known as the Gamma Normids peaks this year on March 15, providing a challenging target for patient Southern Hemisphere skywatchers.

The moon reaches its last quarter phase on Tuesday at which point the lunar face is half illuminated by the light of the sun. This phase falls halfway between the full moon and the new moon.

The forced closure of the Silicon Valley Bank on Friday (March 10) could have a major impact on the space sector, as many space and tech companies had investments and accounts with the bank.

Two pairs of giant black holes set to collide have been spotted by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the first evidence of such a cosmic collision.

Venus and Jupiter end their close approach to one another and are now moving in separate directions.

The moon will find itself in the grip of a cosmic scorpion's claws during the pre-dawn hours Monday (March 13) as it visits the stars in the constellation Scorpius before dawn.

A new TikTok trend suggests that users can compare the phases of the moon on the day they are born to determine if they are soulmates.

Starlink satellite streaks have been found spoiling Hubble Space Telescope images, and the situation is only bound to get worse, a new study has revealed.

As humanity increasingly fills the space around Earth with satellites, scientists have urged for an international treaty that could tackle the orbital debris these operations generate.

The sand dunes of Mars come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, but a new image shows sand dunes that are surprisingly near-perfect circles.

A planet-forming disk around a distant star has revealed an abundance of water that may indicate the solar system's water is older than the sun.

For the next few weeks in March, the sky to the west is illuminated by a pyramid of ethereal glow after twilight known as the zodiacal light.

Space Force wing Space Launch Delta 45 has allocated three launch pads at the historic Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to four private companies.

Astronomers caught the 1st radio glow from magnetic fields in the universe's largest structure that spans the vastness of space to link galaxies.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has caught its first image of the sunset on Mars as it began a new campaign observing clouds over the Red Planet at twilight.

March's full moon, often referred to as the "Worm Moon," rises after sunset on Monday and reaches its peak, shining its brightest in the early hours of Tuesday (March 7).

Thanks to a massive galactic cluster and a light-bending phenomenon predicted by Einstein the James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the same galaxy three times in a single image.

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft carrying the Crew-6 astronauts docked at the International Space Station early Friday morning (March 3), and cameras caught the action.

NASA engineers have hot-fired the redesigned Artemis moon rocket in preparation for future Space Launch System (SLS) flights that will take humanity back to the moon and beyond.

SpaceX's Crew-6 liftoff is captured in stunning images that illustrate the drama and excitement of a nighttime rocket launch.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying new and improved Starlink satellites launched from Florida on Feb. 27 with onlookers on hand to capture its full glory.

What time is it on the moon? The dawn of a new era of space exploration means space agencies may need to decide on a common "lunar time."

Venus and Jupiter will meet up in the night sky on Wednesday (March 1) during a conclave of solar system record breakers, its hottest planet and its largest.