A JAPANESE spacecraft attempting a touchdown on the moon has crashed into the lunar surface, its company said. The unmanned Resilience moon lander, from private Japanese astro firm ispace, has been…

Phobos could be the latest incarnation in a cycle of creation and destruction of rings around Mars, and is only around 100 million years old.

The newfound planet, called Kepler-725c, revealed itself only through “transit timing variations.”

The Strawberry Moon is the name given to the full Moon in June, the sixth full Moon of the year, rising on 11 June 2025 at 22:46 BST.

Did a priest’s aristocratic ex-lover orchestrate his public assassination in 1337?

An attempt to become the third successful private landing on the moon has ended in failure, as ispace’s Resilience probe crashed due to a malfunctioning laser sensor

Dark stars were first suggested in 2007, but now observations with the James Webb Space Telescope hint that we may have actually found some of these unusual cosmic objects

New research uncovers the surprising truth behind the mysterious march of these wild primates – and it’s got nothing to do with predators or food.

This issue divides climate academics more than almost any other.

New discoveries are shaking up what little we thought we knew about fast radio bursts.

Failure is part of SpaceX’s formula for success. But with Starship, it may have dug itself into an engineering hole there’s no getting out of.

Researchers are learning more about how the fungus coexists with the morning glory, and their findings are a real trip.

Wild nematodes form ‘superorganisms’ to build bridges and hitch rides.

A neutron star’s final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

“I don’t know if the James Webb Space Telescope will ever cover an area of this size again.”

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies as we might be in for another show this weekend, albeit slightly smaller than the performances earlier this week.

“We are not witnessing the birth of everything from nothing, but rather the continuation of a cosmic cycle,” said Professor Enrique Gaztanaga.

The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.

One of the asteroids, measuring around 73 feet in diameter, came within some 700,000 miles of the Earth.

A researcher has found a new way to convert agricultural waste into valuable components for energy storage technology

Study finds solar storms, bursts of energy and magnetic activity from the Sun make Starlink satellites reenter Earth’s atmosphere faster.

Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.

This could be the worst disaster in US history, and it just got a whole lot worse

The new theory arrives thanks to an AI program called ‘Enoch.’

A view of Mount Etna from space, captured during the eruption of 2 June 2025 and showing a plume of ash and lava shooting into the air.

What is this thing?

Vast areas of the ocean are getting darker, according to research. Ian Sample talks to Prof Tim Smyth about why this is happening and how marine life could be affected

But what’s beyond this “flat” bubble is anyone’s guess, and it could change everything we think we know.

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor.

‘Extreme nuclear transients’ are 10 million times rarer than a standard supernova.

Veterinarians in Vietnam perform surgeries, prepare special diets and craft recovery routines for moon bears to give them a better life

Computer simulations of high-energy particles are pushing the boundaries of what we can learn about the interactions that happen inside particle colliders

Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

A new theory could finally unite quantum mechanics and gravity into a single Theory of Everything – one of physics biggest challenges

NASA has quietly taken steps to prepare for a death in space. We need to ask how nations will deal with this inevitability now, as more people start traveling off the planet

Astronomers are bewildered.

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that outcome is less certain than thought

Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be to blame

The resulting sea level rise will lead to significant flood risks for huge areas of land, making recovery even harder.

“The 35 days at sea were an exciting rollercoaster of scientific discovery.”

Bad news everybody, it looks like we’re in base reality.

This is the sharpest-ever resolution achieved in solar astronomy.

Plus other weird things we learned this week.

Braided arm ring would have been a ‘visible display of wealth’ and could even have been used as currency

Jinchuanloong niedu was related to the famous Brachiosaurus.

The private ispace Resilience lander will land on the moon at 3:24 p.m. EDT on June 5, but only if the company pursues its prime landing spot. Here’s why.

The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the universe is expanding, was first described more than a hundred years ago – but astronomers have debated it ever since

Two of the most destructive invasive termite species are interbreeding in the US – they can survive a wider range of temperatures and could easily spread across the globe

Self-healing concrete could be greener, more resilient, and longer lasting than the standard variety.

“Climate change is giving rise to new, unseen extremes.”