Astronomy

It's not the first time researchers have found a planet like the one in Star Wars, but this alien world has a particularly peculiar polar orbit around its two suns.   

Scientists say a vast region of unexpectedly high temperatures in Jupiter's upper atmosphere was caused by a massive wave of solar wind.

Aim for the stars, Jaxon Liebeck tells students as he returns to his school in WA a month after directing a landmark space mission.

Residents and tourists came together in WA's far north today to marvel at a giant tide that swept to the very edges of the streets of Broome.

A tiny red speck has set a date on an important era in the Universe's early history and given astronomers a surprising insight into the "cosmic dawn".

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.

Physicists may need to come up with a new theory for how the universe works, after a dark energy experiment has produced confounding results. 

NASA'S SpaceX Crew-9, including astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are safely back on Earth after a long-awaited journey home. 

Photos from across the world have emerged of a 'blood moon' during a rare lunar eclipse. 

While America is set to see an incredible "blood moon" this week, only a fraction of Australians will see a sliver of the final moments of a partial lunar eclipse. Here's when and what to look for if you are one of the lucky ones.

Dozens of people have reported what is believed to be burning space junk moving across southern Australian skies on Saturday night.

US researchers have created the first 3D map of the microbes on the International Space Station, finding a lack of microbial diversity could be causing astronauts to get rashes, cold sores and other immune issues.   

As space scientists around the world scramble to learn more about an asteroid classified as a "city destroyer" that could impact the Earth in around eight years, two Australians are quietly playing a crucial role in shaping the international response.

A black hole might conjure images of a dark, quiet void, but never-seen-before images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the centre of the Milky Way looks more like fireworks.

A special telescope 40 kilometres off the south French coast has detected a slippery particle called a neutrino — and it's unlike anything physicists have seen before.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission teases new insights on how life began on Earth. 

A group of Australian researchers have found more than 20 mysterious signals in space, thanks to new technology developed by the CSIRO.

It was the first trial of new technology developed in Australia by astronomers and engineers at the national science agency, CSIRO.

Experts think the comet started breaking up last week, but it's still putting on a show for star gazers for a few more days. 

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.