3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth
3 billion years old! This Australian crater is the oldest known asteroid impact site on Earth

“While the site had previously been identified as an ancient impact crater, its exact age remained uncertain.”

This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems
This is the largest and most detailed image of our Milky Way — with over 60 million stars and 50 exoplanet systems

The ESA’s dark universe detective spacecraft Euclid, has studied the heart of the Milky Way, creating the largest and most detailed photo of this region ever made.

Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks
Did NASA just find evidence of ancient life on Mars? Perseverance rover spots complex carbon in Red Planet rocks

“Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater.”

NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2026
NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2026

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists toward the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

Hubble Space Telescope images galaxy scientists thought was impossible to find
Hubble Space Telescope images galaxy scientists thought was impossible to find

A faraway galaxy has been caught blowing away the cosmic fog of hydrogen that filled the universe once upon a time.

This ‘improbable’ exoplanet system is so wonky because of a weird object within

“This discovery provides a crucial insight into how planets form even around massive, eccentric objects.”

This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way’s original building blocks
This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way’s original building blocks

Terzan 5 is a globular cluster with some unusual properties that have led a team of astronomers to suspect that it is more than meets the eye.

Dark energy is still accelerating the expansion of the universe, and astronomers are relieved. ‘Thankfully, we have averted this crisis’
Dark energy is still accelerating the expansion of the universe, and astronomers are relieved. ‘Thankfully, we have averted this crisis’

The expansion of the universe is still accelerating under the influence of dark energy, despite recent claims to the contrary averting a cosmological crisis, according to new research.

‘Let’s not fool the public’: Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age
‘Let’s not fool the public’: Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age

As NASA’s Artemis program hits its stride, there’s an urgent need to guard against artistic misrepresentations of the moon, experts say.