world news United Arab Emirates in bid to be first Arab nation to reach moon Plans for an Emirati mission to the moon come hot off the heels of the historic launch of its Mars probe in July. 29/09/2020
World Life on Venus? Astronomers see hints of life in planet's clouds Astronomers have found hints of life in the clouds surrounding Venus. 14/09/2020
World No supernova: Dust may have caused mysterious dimming of giant star The mysterious dimming of one of the brightest stars in the sky, which caused a stir among space-watchers at the end of 2019, may now have an explanation. 14/08/2020
World Asteroid approaching Earth will not annihilate humanity Scientists say that sensational headlines about an asteroid approaching Earth in April are misleading. 06/03/2020
no comment Skygazers enjoy rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse Some described it as a 'once-in-a-lifetime' event. 26/12/2019
World 'Milky Way merged with dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago' A colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago saw our galaxy's mass expand by a quarter after merging with a smaller one, say scientists. 24/07/2019
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 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
