This X-ray image shows our solar system ‘breathing’

The eROSITA spacecraft has built the most precise map of soft X-rays over Earth, observing a fascinating phenomenon driven by solar winds from the sun.

Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago

Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.

Ice melts in the springtime on Mars | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2026

Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet’s Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.

Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-flares within 7 hours of each other, knocking out radio signals on Earth

The twin eruptions briefly disrupted radio signals across the dayside of Earth.

What will happen when our sun starts dying? These ‘stellar archaeologists’ may have found a clue

Acting as stellar archaeologists, scientists have found fossilized magnetism on long-dead white dwarf stars, which may help to explain how stars evolve.

Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.

Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in a world much colder than the solar system

“Each interstellar comet brings a little bit of its history, its fossils, from elsewhere.”

Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad

The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars’ two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.

Happy Earth Day! Celebrate with these amazing photos of our planet from space, from Apollo 8 to Artemis 2

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

Celebrate Earth Day with this Artemis 2 shot | Space photo of the day for April 22, 2026

Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon.