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Starry, starry night: Gaia satellite shines a light a billion stars in the Milky Way

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Incredible new view is the most accurate 3-D Map of the Milky Way

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Jupiter's cyclones revealed in stunning infrared video

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Watch: Stephen Hawking explains what existed before the 'big, big bang'

The universe started off as a small singularity 13.8 billion years ago and has been expanding ever since but what came...

By Shubham Sharma

Nasa captured this image of Jupiter's 'twilight zone' and it is breathtakingly beautiful

Nasa's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's cloud formations at its south pole, as it zoomed around Jupiter...

By India Ashok

A star zooming really close to black hole at the heart of Milky Way will test Einstein's theory

The star, S0-2, is one of two that can travel closest to the Sagittarius A* black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

By India Ashok

Nasa finds exoplanet that has three times more water than Saturn located just 700 light years away

The exoplanet known as WASP-39b has a mass equal to that of Saturn and has been classified as a "hot Saturn".

By India Ashok

Watch how the Curiosity rover was taught a new way to drill rocks on Mars

The main drill was not used for over a year and engineers MacGyvered a new way to use it.

By Immanuel Jotham

Dawn of the Universe: Newly found signals from the very first stars may rewrite cosmic history

The new discovery also provides clues that could revolutionise our understanding of the mysterious dark matter...

By India Ashok

New theory claims Moon was formed before Earth and emerged from a molten, doughnut-shaped cloud

A massive collision, doughnut-shaped clouds, and rock vapour all seemingly came together to form the Moon.

By Immanuel Jotham

Can Earth be hacked by aliens? Scientists say messages from space could destroy life as we know it

Astrophysicists suggest that aliens could transmit hazardous messages and launch cyberattacks to hack and shut down our...

By India Ashok

Could alien life exist on Enceladus? Scientists say earthly microbes could survive on Saturn's moon

Some hardy microbes, living in extreme conditions in the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans, could theoretically...

By India Ashok

Powerful black holes explosions may have transformed Neptune-like exoplanets into rocky super-Earths

Scientists believe that impact from such supermassive black hole outbursts may be one of the most common ways for...

By India Ashok

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Space

Starry, starry night: Gaia satellite shines a light a billion stars in the Milky Way

Jupiter's cyclones revealed in stunning infrared video

Watch: Stephen Hawking explains what existed before the 'big, big bang'

Nasa captured this image of Jupiter's 'twilight zone' and it is breathtakingly beautiful

A star zooming really close to black hole at the heart of Milky Way will test Einstein's theory

Nasa finds exoplanet that has three times more water than Saturn located just 700 light years away

Watch how the Curiosity rover was taught a new way to drill rocks on Mars

Dawn of the Universe: Newly found signals from the very first stars may rewrite cosmic history

New theory claims Moon was formed before Earth and emerged from a molten, doughnut-shaped cloud

Can Earth be hacked by aliens? Scientists say messages from space could destroy life as we know it

Could alien life exist on Enceladus? Scientists say earthly microbes could survive on Saturn's moon

Powerful black holes explosions may have transformed Neptune-like exoplanets into rocky super-Earths

A space assistant? Cimon the 'floating' robot will join space station astronauts later this year

While there are mobile blackspots in the UK, the Moon will get 4G coverage next year

Can life exist beneath the Martian surface? 'Weird' microbes found in Mars-like conditions could provide answers

Proxima Centauri: Intense stellar explosion may have wiped out life from Earth's closest exoplanet

Are the stars surrounding the Milky Way alien space invaders or were they booted out of the galaxy?

What makes neutron stars shine so bright? A star 28 million light years away provides new clues

Another asteroid just passed between the Earth and Moon for the 17th time this year

Building blocks of life found in an alien star-forming cloud 200,000 light years away

Why too many monolinguals will hurt British businesses post-Brexit

Why too many monolinguals will hurt British businesses post-Brexit

Work in the digital age: Why remote teams can still be disunited

Work in the digital age: Why remote teams can still be disunited

British government relying too heavily on business to make society fairer

British government relying too heavily on business to make society fairer