Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community ...

In the chaotic aftermath of Mongol expansion in the mid-13th century which had left the Abbasid capital of Baghdad in ruin, a new centre of learning soon came to the forefront. Ironically it was the ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Here we look at some of Poland's most famous nationals -- from years gone by to the present day. Many have influenced a world far beyond their country's boundary. Nicolaus Coperni ...

“I’m having dinner with my family, and I’m trying to discover a new kind of planet from a few meters outside,” says Venzor, a hobby astronomer. “It’s effortless.” Venzor’s ...

Credit: Nature Astronomy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02479-w Water may have first formed 100–200 million years after the Big Bang, according to a modeling paper published in Nature Astronomy .

Firefly Aerospace’s lander reached lunar soil early Sunday morning, after a 2.8-million-mile journey lasting 45 days Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent For only the second time in history, a ...

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House Republicans passed a framework for President Trump’s tax, border and spending-cut agenda. Photo: Will Oliver/EPA/Shutterstock WASHINGTON—The best things in life are free. Why not tax ...

Europe’s Copernicus programme is the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme and is named after the European scientist and observer, Nicolaus Copernicus.

Seven planets will be visibly in the night sky on Feb. 28. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars will be visible with the naked eye. Neptune and Uranus are both out, too, but you’ll need a telescope ...

Any telescope on the planet can contribute to planetary defense: If an astronomer anywhere on Earth spies an object that looks like an asteroid (or comet), they can report its findings to the ...