world news In pictures: Partial lunar eclipse on 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Stargazers in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia were treated to a partial lunar eclipse in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, just as the world was commemorating the launch of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. 17/07/2019
United Kingdom Astronomers say they've found a new Neptune-like planet "This planet is very, very close to its star. In fact, it orbits its star every 1.3 days. So, a year on this planet is only 1.3 days, " said Daniel Bayliss, from the University of Warwick, who worked on the study. 30/05/2019
Canada Scientists discover mysterious repeating radio signal from deep space A group of Canadian scientists have discovered a repeating radio signal, the second of its kind ever found, emitted from an unknown location in deep space 10/01/2019
World Comet flyby to be visible with naked eye Comet 46P/Wirtanen will be visible from dark-sky locations tonight as it safely buzzes Earth at a distance of only 11.7 million kilometers. 16/12/2018
no comment American and Canadian astronauts and Russian cosmonaut launch to the International Space Station Three spaceflyers launched on Monday (December 3) to the International Space Station (ISS) abort a Russian Soyuz rocket. 03/12/2018
Chile Astronomers in Chile detect largest galaxy cluster ever registered It's a starry, starry night for Chilean astronomers after "Hyperion" was detected, using the Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph in the Atacama desert. 18/10/2018
Good Morning Europe Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth. 04/10/2018
space 'Boom, we have an answer!' - Gaia's revolution in astronomy Astronomy is undergoing a revolution with the release of precision data on 1.7 billion stars in our galaxy from the Gaia space telescope. We head to the historic Observatory of Paris and ESA's ESTEC base in the Netherlands to find out more. 17/05/2018
world news Rare supermoon delights stargazers on New Year's day The impressive supermoon lit up the sky during the first night of 2018. 02/01/2018
world news Scientists strike gold with gravitational waves For the first time scientists have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in space and time predicted by Albert Einstein, with light from the same cosmic event. 17/10/2017
world news Astronomers strike gold with gravitational waves LIGO and Virgo detectors used to spot cataclysmic event scattering gold and platinum into space 16/10/2017
USA Asteroid offers chance to test Earth's alert system Nasa is coordinating global effort to improve tracking of space objects. 11/10/2017
space Cassini on its final dive towards Saturn The international Cassini mission comes to an end on Friday 15th September, when the spacecraft will plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn and be 12/09/2017
world news Asteroid Florence to skim the Earth tomorrow A space rock named "3122 Florence" is set to pass close to the Earth just after midday tomorrow. 31/08/2017
USA Is this the best solar eclipse photo bomb? A photographer has captured the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted against the sun. 22/08/2017
USA Eight things we learned from the total solar eclipse Goats, marriage proposals and a boost for Bonnie Tyler. 22/08/2017
USA Total solar eclipse is a "cosmos spectacular" Donald Trump joins millions of Americans to watch one of the cosmos' most rare events - a total solar eclipse 22/08/2017
USA A story to eclipse all others - the first time in 99 years the US goes dark from coast to coast Millions of people across 14 states stood and waited for a rare and rather spectacular total solar eclipse 21/08/2017
USA US gears up for total eclipse The small town of Carbondale, Illinois, is gearing up to become eclipse central, one day before the total eclipse that will cross the continental United States. 21/08/2017
Italy Europe’s oldest astronaut set for third trip to space Europe’s oldest astronaut has been speaking to Euronews (see below) ahead of his third trip to space on Friday (July 28). Italian Paolo Nespoli 26/07/2017
Kazakhstan Astronauts return from ISS France's Thomas Pesquet and Russia's Oleg Novistky return to Earth after long stints in the ISS 02/06/2017
Sci-tech An eye on the sky with a travelling telescope in Kenya Have telescope, will travel. 27/02/2017
world news Exoplanets hint at a Milky Way packed with orbs that resemble Earth Second Earth when and not if says NASA 23/02/2017
USA 4 Reasons why the discovery of the Trappist-1 star system is important NASA announced the discovery of seven planets that could host life like on Earth. 23/02/2017
world news Exoplanets: Earth is not alone There are probably many millions of Earth-like planets across the Milky Way that we could potentially walk around on, with liquid water and maybe even bacterial life on the… 22/02/2017
