Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s University Belfast, has recently returned from ground control of ESA’s Hera mission.

A Belfast-based astronomer has said a planetary defence mission with which he is involved will help scientists gather new ...

The Capital Region got quite a show in 2024, thanks to a melange of natural forces and phenomena. It was a year that lit up ...

BepiColombo, a joint mission by ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, will make its sixth flyby of Mercury in January 2025. This maneuver will help the spacecraft enter orbit around ...

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From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor ...

There's no doubt 2024 saw some incredible space feats - including the first private spacewalk - but 2025 could be an even ...

Asteroid-detecting AI algorithms have already identified 27,000 new pieces of space debris, bringing the known number to 1.3 ...

Earth briefly hosted a 33-foot object, 2024 PT5, as a mini-moon. Scientists suggest it might be lunar debris from an ancient ...

Scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from. But two populations of so-called dark comets may tell ...

NASA confirms no collision risk as asteroids 2024 YC1 and 2024 YQ2 approach Earth on December 28, 2024, at 639,000 miles ...