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On Friday, Dec. 8, Halley's Comet reaches its farthest point from the sun and begins its journey back through the solar system.

How on earth did vaping become the hottest new accessory for Gen Z? They’re quite literally everywhere. Buses, Tubes, dance floors, offices, pubs — name any public space, and chances are a cloud of sickeningly sweet smoke has assaulted your nose, followed by a nauseating flash of a cartoonishly colourful…

Weird effects of space junk collisions could help researchers detect dangerous, hard-to-see orbital clutter.

Buried beneath the oceans surrounding continents is a naturally occurring frozen form of methane and water. Sometimes dubbed “fire-ice” as you can literally set light to it, marine methane hydrate can melt as the climate warms, uncontrollably releasing methane – a potent greenhouse gas – into the ocean and possibly…

Getting to net zero emissions by mid-century is conventionally understood as humanity’s best hope for keeping Earth’s surface temperature (already 1.2°C above its pre-industrial level) from increasing well beyond 1.5°C – potentially reaching a point at which it could cause widespread societal breakdown.

A new body in the Solar System starts a multi-trillion-dollar gold rush, while the shockwaves from a certain someone's departure continue to resonate on Mars.

Michael Collins' iconic NASA flight suit among rare artifacts in descending-price 'Dutch Auction'

Some scientists have argued the small-brained H. naledi buried their dead in Rising Star Cave in South Africa more than 240,000 years ago, and may also have decorated the cave walls with engravings. But not all are convinced

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia signed an agreement to develop a deep space radar capability to keep an eye on what's happening in geosynchronous orbit.

Buried dozens of meters under the equator of Mars is a large honeycomb pattern similar to, but much larger than, those found only near Earth's frigid poles.

Peregrine first in series involving private spacecraft as conflict between scientific and commercial lunar interests looms