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Gaze at some of our best 2023 Perseid meteor shower photo submissions from across the world.

The foundations of Michigan State University's first astronomy building recently came to light, showing a long history of telescope work in the Wolverine State.

French novelist Jules Verne delighted 19th-century readers with the tantalizing notion that a journey to the center of the Earth was actually plausible.

The lander module of the Chandrayaan-3 has successfully separated ahead of a planned moon landing slated for August 23.

The $3.5bn deal will provide US-Israeli developed Arrow 3s, designed to shoot down targets above Earth’s atmosphere.

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Scientists have discovered the origin of a rare iron meteorite that fell to Earth in 2020. It's the first iron meteorite from a parent body with a known orbit.

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission marked another giant leap in its lunar quest as the 'Vikram' lander module of the spacecraft successfully separated from the propulsion module on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News :

ISRO said that the lander module has successfully separated from the propulsion module on August 17 after 34 days on board the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft.

Dust is everywhere, but it’s so much more than a mere nuisance, as this eye-opening account shows

Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants, according to Richard Dawkins. During an online QA, the famous atheist said that if aliens came from a similar planet to Earth they would probably look like humans, but if they came from somewhere with a “much weaker gravitational pull”, they could…