Space

Astronomers have created a 3D map of the massive elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and gotten a better estimate of the mass of its central supermassive black hole. Read More

The annual Eta Lyrid meteor shower lasts from May 3 to May 14 this year and will produce its most prominent displays on Tuesday. Read More

Chinese scientists have built a chamber to simulate the conditions on the surface of the moon to help prepare the country for future crewed lunar exploration. Read More

Astronomers detected one of the brightest and most energetic cosmic objects ever observed in the form of a star being torn to shreds by a supermassive black hole. Read More

A replica worthy of the Armorer herself. Read More

The future of NASA’s New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft. Read More

NASA’s Mobile Launch Platform-3, from which the first astronauts departed Earth to fly around and land on the moon now, itself, only has a limited time left on the Read More

Europe’s newest weather satellite has snapped an image of the Earth from space, revealing our planet in incredible detail. Read More

The sun fired a huge cloud of plasma directly at Earth on Sunday evening (May 7), an outburst that could boost auroras in the next day or so. Read More

New research has revealed the heart of the moon as never seen before, demonstrating that it has a solid core that is composed of iron like Earth. Read More